Investigating God's World 8.6

a. The broad, flat top of a cumulonimbus cloud

Anvil Top

4. What safely precautions should you take during a thunderstorm?

Stay inside, do not take a shower or use electrical appliances.

c. The temperature inversion at the tropopause stops clouds from growing upward and farther.

True

d. Hailstones form only in clouds with strong updrafts.

True

i. In seeking refuge from a tornado, a good general rule to follow is to get as low as possible.

True

k. It is extremely dangerous to be swimming during a thunderstorm?

True

f. powerful currents of air produced by raindrops falling from a cumulonimbus cloud.

downdrafts?

b. The calm region of extremely low air pressure at the center of a tornado

eye

a. a cumulonimbus cloud does not perform any useful tasks.

false

f. An electric current flows between opposite charges to balance them out.

lightning

d. another name for the cumulonimbus cloud

Thunderhead

3. What is the safest place to be during a tornado if you are in a house?

Center of the house, in a small room or hallway without windows or in the basement.

e. Hailstones are never larger than marbles.

False

h. A tornado's winds never exceed 50 miles per hour.

False

i. Tornadoes are easy for forecasters to predict.

False

j. During a thunderstorm, it is safe to take shelter underneath a very tall tree?

False

g. sounds made by superheated, rapidly expanding air in the lightning channel.

Thunder

e. a thin channel of charged air that zigzags from the sky

Lightning

c. bright flashes of light seen when the lightning bolts themselves are hidden in the clouds

Sheet lightning

h. issued when a tornado has been spotted

Warning

i. issued when weather conditions could produce a tornado

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