In your "go bag" 1
In your "go bag" 2
Weather
odds and ends
Weather vocabulary
Tornado
Safety and
Trivia
100

Always have a "go bag" ready and waiting to take to the place where you will wait for a tornado warning to end. 

Name all of these that should be, or are okay to have, in the "go bag."

grapes           games         copies of keys

games

copies of keys

100

Always have a "go bag" ready and waiting to take to the place where you will wait for a tornado warning to end. 

Name all of these that should be, or are okay to have, in the "go bag."

 prescription medicine          backup charger          whistle

prescription medicine     

backup charger   

whistle

100

How can you know if you need an umbrella tomorrow?

A. Check the weather report.

B. Look at the moon.

C. Dig a hole in the yard.  

A. Check the weather report

100

What is a thunderstorm?

a) a brainstorm

b) snow mixed with rain

c) lightning and thunder with rain

c) lightning and thunder with rain

100

Where should you go during a tornado if you are in a house?

A) The attic or roof

B) The basement or an inner room on the lowest level of the home

C) On a porch or out in the garage

B) The basement or an inner room on the lowest level of the home

200

Always have a "go bag" ready and waiting to take to the place where you will wait for a tornado warning to end. 

Name all of these that should be, or are okay to have, in the "go bag."

eggs         favorite book        money

favorite book

money

200

 Always have a "go bag" ready and waiting to take to the place where you will wait for a tornado warning to end. Name all of these that should be, or are okay to have, in the "go bag."

snack bars    canned food     can opener

snack bars   

canned food     

can opener

200

A meteorologist is ...

A) a person who makes it rain

B)  a scientist who studies weather

C) a police officer

B)  a scientist who studies weather

200

What is a Tornado? 

A) a spinning cloud with a funnel shape

B) orange juice and carrot juice mixed

C) a little breeze or wind

A) a spinning cloud with a funnel shape

200

Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a school or public building?

A) Go to the parking lot.

B) Take the stairs to the roof.

C) Go to the lowest level of the building

C) Go to the lowest level of the building.

300

Always have a "go bag" ready and waiting to take to the place where you will wait for a tornado warning to end. 

Name all of these that should be, or are okay to have, in the "go bag." 

shoes          clothes          blanket

shoes

clothes

blanket 

300

Always have a "go bag" ready and waiting to take to the place where you will wait for a tornado warning to end. 

Name all of these that should be, or are okay to have, in the "go bag."

flashlight           batteries             bottled water


flashlight      

batteries     

bottled water

300

If the temperature is 90 degrees, is it 

hot, warm, cool or cold outside?

It is hot outside.

300

What is a hurricane?

A) A brainstorm

B) A large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water and can move inland

C) Snow in unusual places

B) A large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water and can move inland

300

What are the months that the most tornadoes occur?

A) April through June

B) May through December

C) January through July

A) April through June

400

Always have a "go bag" ready and waiting to take to the place where you will wait for a tornado warning to end.  

Name all of these that should be, or are okay to have, in the "go bag."

toilet paper         toothbrush and toothpaste          identification

toilet paper     

toothbrush and toothpaste

identification

400

Always have a "go bag" ready and waiting to take to the place where you will wait for a tornado warning to end.  

Name all of these that should be, or are okay to have, in the "go bag."

whistle          pizza             tissue            first aid kit 


whistle

tissue         

first aid kit    

400

What is fog?

A) Dust in the air

B) Steam from making tea

C) Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface

C) Cloud that forms at the earth’s surface

400

What is a flood?

A) Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall

B) Short pants for walking in water

C) When the sink is full of water

A) Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall

400

At school, during any emergency practice, or in case of a real emergency, what should each student do?

A) Think for yourself.

B) Discuss ideas with your classmates.

C) Stay quiet, listen to and quickly follow teacher or staff instructions.

C) Stay quiet, listen to and quickly follow teacher or staff instructions.

500

Always have a "go bag" ready and waiting to take to the place where you will wait for a tornado warning to end. 

Name all of these that should be, or are okay to have, in the "go bag."

weather radio          cup of milk          multipurpose knife

weather radio

multi-purpose knife

500

Always have a "go bag" ready and waiting to take to the place where you will wait for a tornado warning to end. 

Name all of these that should be, or are okay to have, in the "go bag."

baby wipes           can of tuna

battery operated radio          copy of ID

baby wipes 

can of tuna

battery operated radio

copy of ID

500

If you are in the park, and suddenly there is lightning, what should you do?

A) Quickly move to stand under a tree.

B) Hurry into a building.

C) Do nothing. A little rain and lightning is OK.

B) Hurry into a building.

500

Cumulonimbus clouds are tall, dark clouds. If you see these, expect thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds.

True     or    False

True

500

Imagine you are at home. Your phone warns that there is a tornado warning in Cook County. What should you do?

A) Grab your "go bag" and go to an inner room of the lowest level of your home. Stay there until you hear it is all clear.

B) Wait until you hear one more warning. Then move to safety.

C) Do nothing.

A) Grab your "go bag" and go to an inner room of the lowest level of your home. Stay there until you hear it is all clear.

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