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4.4: Severe Weather and Weather Safety
Key Concepts
Choose the letter of the best answer.
1. Which type of weather event is caused by a
tropical low-pressure system with strong,
sustained winds?
A. hurricane
C. thunder
B. lightning
D. tornado
2. The following thermometers show water
temperatures at four locations in the Atlantic
Ocean. Which thermometer represents a location
where a hurricane is most likely to form?
3. Temperatures are low at the top of a
thunderstorm cloud. Which of the following
commonly forms at the top of a thunderstorm
cloud?
A. acid rain
B. air molecules
C. ice
D. oxygen
4. Thunder often accompanies lightning. Which of
the following is true about thunder?
A. It is the cause of lightning.
B. It moves at the speed of light.
C. It is a discharge of static electricity.
D. It results from the explosive expansion of air.
5. One type of weather event develops when a
thunderstorm meets horizontal winds at high
altitude. This causes the warm air that is rising
in the thunderstorm to rotate. What type of
weather event is being described?
A.
C.
A. hurricane
B. lightning
C. thunder
D. tornado
B.
D.