Blizzard
Tornado
Thunderstorm
Wildfire
Hurricane
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What is a blizzard?
A snowstorm with high winds and you cant see
100
During what two periods do tornadoes occur the most?
Summer and spring
100
What is a lightning storm?
A storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail.
100
What is a Wildfire?
A large fire that spreads quickly over natural land.
100
What is a hurricane
A cyclone with wind speed of 119 km/h or higher
200
Where can blizzards form?
Blizzards occur all over the world.
200
What strengthens Tornadoes?
Powerful jet streams
200
What is a lightning storm also know as?
A electrical storm.
200
How do Wildfires start?
They start from lighting, vegetation arson, or burning debris.
200
How can hurricanes form
When a tropical disturbance grows in size and strength it can turn into a hurricane or tropical storm
300
Daily double
fill the blank the excess ____ causes an imbalance in the ecosystem
carbon
300
What is a tornado
A rapidly whirling funnel-shaped cloud
300
What causes a thunder storm?
Its produced by a cumulonimbus cloud
300
What is shaped by wildfires?
Florida's natural landscape
300
How do hurricanes move
they are steered by easterly trade winds
400
What can you get by staying outside in a blizzard
hypothermia
400
What is the scale that tornadoes are ranked on
Enhanced Fujita
400
What other hazardous weather can happen because of a lightning storm?
A wildfire could start if the lightning strikes the trees.
400
When do most Wildfires occur?
During a dry season
400
How can a hurricane die out
By moving over land and having its moisture depleted out.
500
How do blizzards form?
A blizzard requires three things to form: temperatures below freezing at ground level and in the clouds to allow snow to form, enough moisture to allow clouds and eventually snow to form, and a mass of warm air rising over a mass of cold air that creates strong winds.
500
What is it called when a tornado goes over water
A waterspout
500
When there is a thunder storm, what can make the lightning strike something?
when something has a high attraction to metal or is high up
500
What tree benefits from wildfires burning?
Pine trees
500
What is the band of strong wind in the center of a hurricane called
Eye of the tiger(just the eye)