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Exploring Hail Formation and Lightning Storms

Exploring Hail Formation and Lightning Storms

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science

6th - 10th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-5, MS-PS2-3, MS-ESS2-6

Standards-aligned

Created by

Jackson Turner

FREE Resource

Standards-aligned

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
,
NGSS.MS-PS2-3
,
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the two main weather phenomena discussed in the video?

Hail and lightning

Fog and mist

Rain and snow

Tornadoes and hurricanes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What initiates the formation of hail in clouds?

Low pressure

High humidity

Strong updrafts

Strong downdrafts

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to the temperature and pressure as air rises in a storm?

Both temperature and pressure decrease

Temperature increases and pressure decreases

Temperature decreases and pressure increases

Both temperature and pressure increase

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do hailstones resemble when cut in half?

Tree rings

A spiral pattern

A smooth surface

A honeycomb structure

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What causes a hailstone to eventually fall to the ground?

The updraft becomes too weak to support it

The hailstone melts

The storm dissipates

The temperature rises

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What creates the charge differentials that lead to lightning?

Friction between air and the ground

Wind speed

The sun's radiation

Cloud formation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is lightning essentially doing in the atmosphere?

Heating the air

Balancing out charges

Generating wind

Creating new charges

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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