Severe Weather

What is a waterspout?

• A small hurricane

• A tornado that forms over water

• Thunderstorm over water

• A tornado in a snowstorm

What name do we give the region where tornadoes often form?

• Tornado Land

• Twister Town

• Tornado Alley

• Tornado Zone

What is the weather like in the eye of a hurricane?

• Calm, with little precipitation, clouds, and wind

• Extremely windy and dangerous

• Completely unpredictable

• Occasionally violent and windy

What is the pressure like in the eye of a hurricane?

• Extremely high

• High

• Low

• Moderate

The high winds of a hurricane create a ________ when it reaches shore

• tsunami

• storm surge

• tidal wave

• waterspout

The spinning air of a tornado causes what to happen in the center of the tornado?

• thunder and lightning to form

• air pressure to rise

• convection cell to form

• air pressure to drop

What causes lightning?

• air rapidly spreading out

• a build up of electrical charges

• too much water vapor in the air

• not enough water vapor in the air

Where is lightning able to travel?

• From cloud to cloud

• From clouds to the ground

• From one side of the cloud to the other

• All of the above

What is thunder?

• the sound of air rapidly expanding

• the electricity from lightning

• the shock from being struck by lightning

• it is the same thing as lightning

Why do we see lightning before we hear thunder?

• Light travels faster than sound

• Thunder takes a while to occur

• Sound travels faster than light

• Water slows the sound down