This is a winter storm that is accompanied by bitterly cold temperatures, sustained winds of at least 35 mph, and large amounts of snowfall.
What is a blizzard.
100
What is the name of the scale that ranks tornadoes?
What is the Enhanced Fujita scale.
100
This is a tropical cyclone that forms over the western Pacific ocean.
What is a typhoon.
100
Hurricanes are categorized according to...
What is wind speed.
200
This occurs when a sudden spark or electrical charge forms between clouds, inside clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.
What is lightning.
200
If you are stuck out in a snowstorm, what should you do to help from freezing to death?
What is get out of the wind.
200
Tornadoes are ranked according to...
What is damage.
200
If you are told to leave the area temporarily due to a hurricane, you are being asked to _______.
What is evacuate.
200
This is a violent disturbance in the atmosphere.
What is a storm.
300
This type of front usually leads to thunderstorms forming.
What is a cold front.
300
This type of snow leads to large amounts of snowfall on areas east of the Great Lakes.
What is lake-effect snow.
300
This type of a tornado forms over water.
What is a water spout.
300
Hurricanes that affect the eastern side of the United States forms where?
What is off the western coast of Africa.
300
This is a person that studied weather in college is known as this.
What is a meteorologist.
400
What is thunder?
What is the sound that rapidly heated air makes when it expands suddenly.
400
What sides of the Great Lakes are MOST affected by lake effect snow?
What is the EASTERN side, within about 40 miles.
400
A tornado warning means one of these 3 things..
A tornado has been seen on a weather radar, in the sky, or is already on the ground.
400
Which part of the hurricane has the highest wind speeds?
What is the eyewall.
400
What is the difference between a watch and a warning.
A watch means conditions are likely for a storm to occur. A warning means the storm is expected to happen.
500
Thunderstorms can lead to these 2 types of storms forming, which are both also known as summer storms.
What is hurricanes and tornadoes.
500
Explain how lake-effect snow happens.
Cool air picks up moisture from the warmer waters of the Great Lakes and cools back down as the air mass moves east over colder land. As temperatures drop, condensation occurs, leading to large amounts of precipitation falling in the form of snow.
500
These 5 states are considered "Tornado Alley."
What is Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa.
500
What is the order of hurricane formation? (Hint: there are 4 parts)
What is a tropical disturbance, tropical depression, tropical storm, hurricane.
500
This is a dome of water that sweeps across the coast when a hurricane makes landfall.