Weather
Atmosphere
Weather
Web Quest
Web Quest
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Is lightning hotter than the sun?
True
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How many layers are in the atmosphere?
4 layers.
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How fast can winds reach during a tornado?
480 km/hr
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What is a hurricane?
A hurricane is a tropical storm that has heavy winds.
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How are hurricanes formed?
A tropical storm forms near the waters by the equator, once the moister is evaporated the begin to turn in a counterclockwise motion.
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When does a tropical storm turn into a hurricane?
When the winds go more then 199 km/hr
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What are the 3 boundaries between the layers of the atmosphere?
Tropopause, stratopause and mesopause.
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How is a thunderstorm created?
From when warm air is forced upward at a cold front
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What is the eye of a hurricane?
A region of the hurricane that has a diameter of 20-50 KM, it's found in the center and is often the clear part of the storm
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Which part of the hurricane causes the most damage?
The eye wall causes the most damage during a hurricane.
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What precipitation happens during a thunderstorm?
Heavy rainfall and sometimes hail
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Where does weather occur?
The troposphere.
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What is a tornado watch?
Tornadoes that are possibly in your area.
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Which weather-related phenomenon causes the most damage each year?
Lightning
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About how many hurricanes off the coast of the US each year?
There are about 10 storms that happen each year off the coast.
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What is a tornado warning?
Tornadoes that have been in the sky and the weather radar.
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How are Auroras created?
Energy particles from the sun that reflect off earths magnetic field.
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How many tornadoes happen a year?
800 a year
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True of false? You should leave one window open during a hurricane to prevent your house from exploding.
False
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In the Northern Hemisphere, which direction do a hurricane's winds rotate?
Counterclockwise
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Where do hurricanes form?
Begins over warm water as a low pressure area tropical disturbance
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Which layer contains the ozone layer?
Stratosphere
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When is Hurricane season?
June - November
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At what wind speed does a tropical storm become a hurricane?
74 m/hr
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On average, what are the peak months of the hurricane season?
August/September
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