Severe Weather

Question 0

Following atmospheric conditions causes thunderstorms

Answer 0

Warm moist air near Earth’s surface and unstable atmosphere

Question 1

Weather that can cause property damage and sometimes death is called

Answer 1

Severe weather

Question 2

Which type of cloud would most likely produce a thunderstorm

Answer 2

cumulonimbus cloud

Question 3

A usually brief and heavy storm with strong winds lightning and thunder is called

Answer 3

Thunderstorm

Question 4

An electric discharge between two of oppositely charge surfaces is

Answer 4

Lightning

Question 5

Name three places where lightning can happen

Answer 5

Between two clouds, between Earth and a cloud,

between two parts of a cloud

Question 6

The sound caused by air rapidly expanding along a lightning strike is called

Answer 6

Thunder

Question 7

Name four dangerous conditions that severe thunderstorms can produce

Answer 7

Highwinds hail flash floods and tornadoes

Question 8

What is a distructive rotating air column with very high wind speeds

Answer 8

A tornado

Question 9

In what percent of thunderstorms do tornadoes occur

Answer 9

1%

Question 10

What is the relationship between a funnel cloud and a tornado

Answer 10

A tornado starts as a funnel cloud that pokes through the cloud and touches the ground

Question 11

What causes a column of air spinning like a roll of toilet paper to turn to a vertical position

Answer 11

Strong updrafts of air push it

Question 12

What happens when the spinning column of air moves to the bottom of the cumulonimbus cloud

Answer 12

It forms a funnel cloud

Question 13

Why do most tornadoes in the United States occur in the spring and early summer

Answer 13

When dry air meets moist air

Question 14

Why are tornadoes able to cause so much damage

Answer 14

They have strong spinning winds

Question 15

In order to be called a hurricane, a storm must

Answer 15

Have windspeeds of at least 120 KM/H

Question 16

what is a cyclone

Answer 16

A hurricane that forms over the Indian Ocean

Question 17

Hurricanes do not form in higher latitudes because

Answer 17

The water is too cold

Question 18

What causes a group of thunderstorms to become a hurricane

Answer 18

When tornadoes move over an ocean and winds from two directions meet

Question 19

Where does the energy that fuels a hurricane come from

Answer 19

The condensation of water vapor from warm moist air over the ocean

Question 20

Why does a hurricane begin to die when it reaches land

Answer 20

It has lost its source of energy

Question 21

Clouds that spiral around the center of a hurricane are called

Answer 21

Rain bands

Question 22

Cumulonimbus clouds that produce strong winds and heavy rains are called

Answer 22

The eye wall

Question 23

The core of warm calm air is called

Answer 23

The eye

Question 24

In what two ways can a hurricane cause a great deal of damage

Answer 24

Strong winds can knock things down and storm surges can flood places

Question 25

Which is not a safety measure during a thunderstorm

Answer 25

Stand near A tree

Question 26

What does a tornado warning mean

Answer 26

That a tornado has been spotted

Question 27

What is the most important safety measure during a hurricane

Answer 27

Do not go outside