Earth Systems
Severe Weather Ch 13 Quiz study guide
Know your vocabulary.
Use your notes, textbook and warm-ups to answer the following questions on a separate sheet of notebook paper.
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Which kind of air is more dense, cold or warm?
Which kind of air can contain more moisture? Cold or warm?
What causes wind?
Which way does air move around a low pressure system in the northern hemisphere?
Describe the step by step process of the making of a storm.
Which kind of front is most likely to result in a severe thunderstorm? Explain.
What causes lightning?
What causes thunder?
How is hail formed?
Compare and contrast the lightning safety position with the tornado safety position.
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Earth Systems
Severe Weather Ch 13 Quiz study guide
Know your vocabulary.
Use your notes, textbook and warm-ups to answer the following questions on a separate sheet of notebook paper.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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8.
9.
10.
Which kind of air is more dense, cold or warm?
Which kind of air can contain more moisture? Cold or warm?
What causes wind?
Which way does air move around a low pressure system in the northern hemisphere?
Describe the step by step process of the making of a storm.
Which kind of front is most likely to result in a severe thunderstorm? Explain.
What causes lightning?
What causes thunder?
How is hail formed?
Compare and contrast the lightning safety position with the tornado safety position.
more on back
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Compare and contrast a dust devil, water spout and tornado.
What are two other names for hurricanes?
Where do hurricanes occur (between what two latitudes?)
Describe the conditions needed for the formation of hurricanes.
Before hurricane classification, list the other two types of tropical storms and their wind speeds.
What kind of pressure is at the center of a hurricane?
Where are the winds strongest in a hurricane?
Why does a hurricane get so much more powerful than a thunderstorm?
What season do most hurricanes occur in? Why?
What causes the most destruction from a hurricane?
How are hurricanes classified? Give wind and storm surge ranges from smallest to largest.
Describe a tornado, including definition, wind speeds, width, etc.
Describe the weather conditions needed for the formation of a tornado.
What season do most tornadoes form in?
Where do most tornadoes occur? Why? What do we call this?
How are tornadoes classified? Give wind ranges from smallest to largest.
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11.
12.
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14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
Compare and contrast a dust devil, water spout and tornado.
What are two other names for hurricanes?
Where do hurricanes occur (between what two latitudes?)
Describe the conditions needed for the formation of hurricanes.
Before hurricane classification, list the other two types of tropical storms and their wind speeds.
What kind of pressure is at the center of a hurricane?
Where are the winds strongest in a hurricane?
Why does a hurricane get so much more powerful than a thunderstorm?
What season do most hurricanes occur in? Why?
What causes the most destruction from a hurricane?
How are hurricanes classified? Give wind and storm surge ranges from smallest to largest.
Describe a tornado, including definition, wind speeds, width, etc.
Describe the weather conditions needed for the formation of a tornado.
What season do most tornadoes form in?
Where do most tornadoes occur? Why? What do we call this?
How are tornadoes classified? Give wind ranges from smallest to largest.