Severe Weather Review

When are tornadoes the most common?

• spring

• fall

• summer

• winter

Thunderstorms that are larger, last several hours, and may cause tornadoes are called ___.

• Hurricanes

• Supercells

• Derechos

What is the term for a rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud?

• Tornado

• Typhoon

• Hurricane

• Monsoon

Tropical storms in the Atlantic that have wind speeds higher than 73 miles per hour.

• Typhoons

• Cyclones

• Hurricanes

• Derechos

Which storms are larger - hurricanes or supercells?

• hurricanes

• supercells

A large mass of ocean water that mounds up in the middle of a hurricane and then crashes inland causing flooding is called a ___.

• Derecho

• Eye wall

• storm surge

• storm tide

Which phenomenon is characterized by a sudden and intense downdraft of air during a thunderstorm?

• Blizzard

• Heatwave

• Hailstorm

• Microburst

Where does the energy for a hurricane come from?

• Cold jet streams

• Warm ocean water

• Cold ocean water

• Warm jet streams

Caused by rapid heating of air by a lightning strike.

• Hail

• downdrafts

• thunder

• high winds

Large storms that form over the ocean with wind speeds between 40-73 miles per hour.

• tropical depression

• tropical disturbances

• tropical storms

• all of these are correct