Electricity may flow within the cloud also flow between the cloud and the ground. These electrical currents are _________________.

When lightning moves through the air, the air gets very hot. The hot air expands rapidly. As it expands, it makes the air vibrate. These vibrations release energy in the form of sound waves called ______________.

A _________ can from when a rapidly spinning column of low pressure air, called a funnel cloud touches the ground.

A tornado begins as a ___________ cloud that pokes through the bottom of a cumulonimbus cloud.

A _____________ is a large, rotating low-pressure system that forms over the warm waters of oceans near the equator.

Lightning heats the air so much that the air expands. The sound created by the sudden expansion and contraction is called _______________________.

Winds are generated when air flows from a high pressure area into a ____.

Thunderstorms form along a cold front

These storms produce the Earth's most powerful winds

The calm area in the center of a hurricane is called the _____.

The most dangerous aspect of a hurricane that comes ashore is the ________.

A funnel cloud and a tornado are the same.

Many people think that the winds are the most damaging part of a hurricane-most of the damage from hurricanes is actually caused by flooding from heavy rains and _________ _________, which is the rise in sea level that happens during a storm.

Thunderstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes form at __________ pressure systems, where you have warm (typically moist/humid) air quickly rising.

Theses storms are the largest and most powerful storms on the planet.

There is a little boy named Care Bear. If he falls into a frozen lake through the ice, what will happen to him?

What type of cloud is associated with thunderstorms, lightning, heavy rain, hail and tornadoes?

Which of the following does NOT affect the weather?

This storm covers a narrow path, yet it is extremely destructive. It often forms over flat land. What storm is described?

This storm is the most powerful electrical storm. What storm is described?

This storm forms over water, but it weakens when it moves across land. What storm is described?

Which fluffy, white clouds with flat bottoms are usually present during fair weather?

If Care Bear the boy were to stand by a tree in a thunderstorm, what would most likely happen to him?