7.24.F - Quiz: Storms

a storm surge

A current that pushes ahead of a hurricane, typhoon, or cyclone that causes high tides and flooding is called __________.

tornado

A severe thunderstorm has to have at least one of three characteristics. Name one of the three characteristics.

warm, 80, deep

Cyclonic storms originate over __________ water (at least __________ degrees F) that is very ___________.

counterclockwise, clockwise

Cyclonic storms rotate __________ in the northern hemisphere and __________ in the southern hemisphere.

Hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones are very similar, but their difference is where they are located. Typhoons are located in the Northeastern pacific, cyclones are in the southern hemisphere, and hurricanes are in the Atlantic and northeastern pacific.

Describe the difference between hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones. Include where they are found.

cold air falls rapidly down through a thunderstorm

Down bursts can cause similar damage to a tornado because __________.

negative, positive

During a lightning strike the __________ ions move towards the ground and the __________ ions move towards the clouds.

rain cools the air downdrafts are stronger than updrafts the intensity of the storm at ground level weakens

During the dissipation stage of thunderstorm development __________. (Select all that apply)

Because of their rotating centers with extremely low pressure

How are tornadoes able to pick up large objects?

By observing updrafts, instability, and wind shear By Doppler radar

How can tornadoes be detected? (Choose 2)

about 1,200

How many tornadoes hit the United States every year?

supercells

Severe, long-lasting thunderstorms are sometimes called __________.

upward moving, positively charged ions

Streamers are the __________.

tropical depressions

Tropical cyclonic storms begin as __________.

Low-pressure storm systems Temperature less than -7°C (19.4°F) The wind must blow so hard it reduces visibility

What characteristics must a winter storm possess to be considered a blizzard? (Choose 3)

Where the strongest bands of wind are located

What is the eye wall of a cyclonic storm?

Super Typhoon, 100° and 180° east in the western Pacific

What is the strongest type of tropical cyclonic storms, and where are they located?

Super Storm Sandy

What was the name of the largest diameter storm in the Atlantic?

When a funnel cloud touches ground

When does a funnel cloud become a tornado?

thunder

When the lightning discharges, the air around it gets hot and begins to expand. This causes __________.

The unstable air mass has ceased rising at the top of the stratosphere

When you see a normal, mature, thunderstorm approaching, what is really happening?

In the Mississippi River Valley of the United States

Where do most tornadoes originate?

Super cells of a severe thunderstorm When a mesocyclone forms in a thunderstorm and touches down Cumulonimbus clouds

Where do tornadoes come from? (Choose 3)

Humidity begins to increase, causing the air mass to become unstable

Which of the following contributes to thunderstorm development?

all of the answers are correct

Why are blizzards so dangerous?

the weather starting out as beautiful and clear

In order to form a tropical cyclone, there are several factors that must exist. These include all of the following except __________.

moisture being picked up over lakes and deposited on the shore as snow

Lake effect snow is caused by _________________.

300 feet to 1 mile

Most tornadoes range between __________ in diameter.

Static electricity

The friction of updrafts and downdrafts in a severe thunderstorm produces __________ __________ (2 words)

Super Typhoon Haiyan (Typhoon Yolonda)

The strongest tropical cyclonic storm to hit land in recorded history was __________.