Types of Extreme Weather
Basic Facts
About Weather
Describe the Weather
Fun Facts/Random
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What kind of extreme weather is a funnel or column of wind?
Tornado
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Who studies weather?
A meteorologist
100
What weather uses an EF rating?
Tornadoes
100
What is a flood like?
Heavy rain that pools up in an area.
100
What is this showing?
fog
200
What kind of extreme weather is this?
drought
200
What is weather?
Weather is what's happening in the sky and air around us on any given day. It can be hot or cold, sunny or cloudy, rainy or snowy, and even windy or stormy. Weather changes from day to day and can even change within the same day.
200
Where should you go if a natural disaster or extreme weather is happening nearby?
A shelter (a safe place)
200
What is a heat wave like?
Extremely hot and humid weather for days, usually 2 or more.
200
What is this showing?
Sandstorm
300
What kind of extreme weather is showing?
heat wave
300
What tool measures the direction of the wind?
weather vane or wind vane
300
What causes lightning bolts?
friction from + and - charges.
300
What can cause a wildfire?
Usually very dry weather with strong winds.
300
Middle of a hurricane is called what?
the eye of the storm
400
Which extreme weather is measured in categories; they also have an "eye?"
Hurricane
400
What is the long-term average of the weather in a place. It's like the usual weather pattern you see over many years, not just one day or week.
climate
400
Someone who follows storms like tornadoes is called what?
A storm chaser.
400
What is a hurricane like? Describe.
Hurricanes is a type of storm called a tropical cyclone, described as having strong winds and heavy rain, that forms over warm ocean waters and can move to land.
400
What is another word for tornado?
Twister
sometimes: whirlwind or cyclone
500
What do you call the sound a lightning storm makes?
thunder
500
What type of tool measures the temperature?
Thermometer
500
What is low visibility called during a blizzard?
A whiteout
500
What causes more damage, a hurricane or tornado?
While tornadoes can have higher wind speeds than hurricanes, hurricanes are generally considered more dangerous due to their larger size, longer duration, and wider range of destructive effects
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What do you do when a tornado is nearby?
Go to the lowest floor of a place, building, or house.
Move away from windows.
Try to make sure you have an emergency kit.
Do not go outside until local authorities say it is safe.