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WorksheetsExtreme Weather Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is a hurricane?
A type of wind instrument
A large, rotating tropical storm with strong winds and heavy rain
A cold weather system
A type of cloud formation
What is the eye of a hurricane?
The center of the storm where winds are calm
A meteorological tracking device
The point where the hurricane first forms
The highest point of wind speed
How does a hurricane form?
From cold air masses colliding
When warm ocean water creates rising warm, moist air
Through volcanic activity
By random atmospheric pressure changes
Where does a hurricane get its energy?
From solar radiation
From warm ocean water and moist air
From wind currents
From electrical charges in the atmosphere
What is storm surge?
A type of ocean current
Abnormal rise of water generated by a hurricane's winds
A meteorological measurement
A wind pattern
Under what circumstances does a hurricane die?
When it reaches land
When it encounters cold water or moves over land
After 24 hours
When wind speeds decrease
Why was Hurricane Katrina so damaging?
It was the largest hurricane ever
It hit a populated area and broke levees
It had the fastest winds
It lasted the longest
What is the difference between a snowstorm and a blizzard?
Blizzards have stronger winds and lower visibility
Snowstorms are colder
Blizzards only happen at night
Snowstorms are larger
Under what circumstances does a blizzard form?
When temperatures are above freezing
When cold air, moisture, and strong winds combine
During summer months
Only in mountainous regions
What two conditions cause the largest blizzards?
Cold temperatures and low humidity
Strong winds and heavy snowfall
High pressure and low temperatures
Coastal locations and wind speed
What causes lake-effect snow?
Volcanic activity
Cold air moving over warmer lake water
Solar radiation
Ocean currents
What causes the tornadoes of Tornado Alley?
Mountain ranges
Collision of warm and cold air masses
Ocean currents
Volcanic activity
Why are thunderstorms so common?
They require simple atmospheric conditions
They only occur in specific regions
They are caused by human activity
They depend on complex weather patterns
What is the energy source that feeds a thunderstorm?
Solar radiation
Warm, moist air rising
Ocean currents
Wind patterns
What two atmospheric processes lead to the formation of anvil-shaped clouds?
Rising warm air and cooling at high altitudes
Wind speed and humidity
Pressure changes and temperature
Electrical charges and wind direction
What causes a thunderstorm to end?
Sunset
When the energy source (warm, moist air) is depleted
After exactly one hour
When wind speeds change
What circumstances led to the numerous tornadoes in April 2011, including the devastating Joplin tornado?
Random weather patterns
Unusual collision of warm and cold air masses
Solar activity
Volcanic eruptions
Dylan made a project for a hurricane. Which statment is false about Dyaln's project?
Dylan's project shows that hurricanes happen in water.
Dylan's project shows that hurricanes move in a circular motion
Dylan's project shows that there is an eye of the storm
Dylan's project shows that hurricanes move at 175 mph
What is this?
flood
hail
thunderstorm
blizzard
Which of these are ways that humans can deal with extreme weather?
predict it
prepare for it
use engineering solutions
all of the above
