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Severe Weather and Fronts

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Air pressure: LOW

Cloud: CUMULONIMBUS CLOUD

Warm air meets cold air

Winds start SPINNING

a)

tornado

b)

blizzard

c)

hurricane

d)

drought

2.

Air pressure: LOW

Humidity: HIGH

Temperature: 0 degrees C

Weather: windy and snowy

a)

blizzard

b)

drought

c)

thunderstorm

d)

tornado

3.

Air pressure: LOW

Humidity: 100%

Clouds: Cumulonimbus

Temperature: 68 F

CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY!

a)

tornado

b)

drought

c)

thunderstorm

d)

blizzard

4.

Air pressure: HIGH

Humidity: 25%

Temperature: 95 degrees F

What type of WEATHER and CLOUD?

a)

sunny and cumulus

b)

snow and stratus

c)

sleet and cirrus

d)

thunderstorm and cumulonimbus cloud

5.

Air pressure: LOW

Humidity: 100%

Temperature: -12 degrees C

Weather: strong winds, snow

a)

blizzard

b)

hurricane

c)

tornado

d)

thunderstorm

6.

Where would a HURRICANE most likely form?

a)

over land

b)

in cold ocean waters

c)

warm, ocean waters

d)

near the North Pole

7.

Where would a TORNADO typically form?

a)

over the Chesapeake Bay

b)

over land

c)

in the ocean

d)

over a lake

8.

large storm with high winds

forms over warm ocean water

has an "eye"

a)

hurricane

b)

blizzard

c)

tornado

d)

drought

9.

Which example of severe weather does this picture show?

a)

thunderstorm

b)

tornado

c)

blizzard

d)

drought

10.

long periods without precipitation

a)

blizzard

b)

thunderstorm

c)

drought

d)

hurricane

11.

This weather map shows a ___ in the Gulf of Mexico.

a)

thunderstorm

b)

blizzard

c)

drought

d)

hurricane

12.

This diagram of a cumulonimbus cloud and funnel cloud indicates what type of severe weather?

a)

hurricane

b)

drought

c)

blizzard

d)

tornado

13.

This example of severe weather includes high winds and frozen precipitation

a)

blizzard

b)

hurricane

c)

thunderstorm

d)

drought

14.

Name this severe weather

a)

hurricane

b)

thunderstorm

c)

blizzard

d)

drought

15.

What type of CLOUD is associated with a THUNDERSTORM?

a)

stratus

b)

cumulonimbus

c)

cirrus

d)

cumulus

16.

Name this front and the type of air behind it

a)

stationary front, warm air

b)

occluded front, warm and cold air

c)

warm front, warm air

d)

cold front, cold air

17.

Name this front and the type of air behind it

a)

stationary front, warm air

b)

occluded front, warm and cold air

c)

warm front, warm air

d)

cold front, warm air

18.

Name this front that LINGERS or STALLS over an area

a)

occluded front

b)

cold front

c)

stationary front

d)

warm front

19.

Name this front where warm air is trapped between 2 cold fronts

a)

occluded front

b)

warm front

c)

stationary front

d)

cold front

20.

Name this cloud:

high, wispy, ice crystals

a)

cumulus cloud

b)

cirrus cloud

c)

stratus cloud

d)

cumulonimbus cloud