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Storms and Extreme Weather Review Game Show

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Thunderstorms Tornadoes Hurricanes Other Extreme Weather

Weather Maps

The sound produced when lightening

superheats the air suddenly

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What is Thunder?

The first stage of a thunderstorm when updrafts

build cumulus clouds

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What is the cumulus stages?

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In the mature stage, precipitation creates

downward winds called these

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What are the down drafts?

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A very powerful single-cell

thunderstorm

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What is a supercell?

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Thunderstorms that form along cold or warm fronts

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What are frontal thunderstorms?

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The kind of air pressure in the center of a

tornado

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A tornado begins when wind speed and this changes between

lower and upper winds

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What is direction?

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The time of year when tornadoes are most likely

to occur

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What are spring and early summer?

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The center of the tornado

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What is a vortex?

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What the National Weather Service issues if conditions

are right for a tornado to form

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What is a tornado watch?

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An area of Earth where hurricanes

begin to form

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What are the tropics?

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A hurricane requires a steady supply of this

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What is warm moist air?

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The center of a hurricane where the weather is often fair

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What is the eye?

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The high level waters pushed onshore by

hurricane winds

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What is a storm surge?

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The location of the strongest winds in a hurricane

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What is the eyewall?

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A winter storm of high winds, low

temperatures, and falling or blowing

snow

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What is a blizzard?

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A long period of

little or no precipitation

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What is a drought?

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The temperature that your body feels due to the combination of

cold air and wind

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What is the wind chill factor?

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A sudden rush of water or over

spilling of riverbanks

usually caused by intense rain

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What is flashflood?

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The temperature that your body feels due to the combination of

hot air and humidity

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What is heat index?

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Represented by the letter H

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What is a high or high pressure area?

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Represented by a line with triangles

pointing in the same direction

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What is a cold front?

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Lines connecting points of equal

air pressure

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What are isobars?

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Lines connecting

points of equal temperature

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What are isotherms?

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A record of weather data for a certain place and

time using weather symbols

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What is a station model?