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My Meteorology Book
Chapter 13- A book about Severe
Weather: Tornadoes, Lightening and
Thunderstorms, blizzards and floods
Assembly: TITLE My Meteorology book
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3 sheets of paper spaced out about an inch.
Fold in half
Two staples at the top
Write your Name, Date and core on the back
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Thunder and lightning (pg 344-349 Ch 13.1)
Tornadoes ( pg 350-354 Ch 13.2)
Hurricanes (tropical storms) pg 355-360 ch 13.3
Flooding/ Droughts (pg 361-365 ch 13.4)
Winter Weather (pg 364-365)
Review of Fronts and Air masses
Air masses
Def. Air with the same
characteristics
1. Maritime Polar
2. Maritime Tropical
3. Continental polar
4. Continental Tropic
5. Arctic
Task 1□ weather
Task 2 □ region in US where it
is found
Fronts
• Def: When two air masses
combine
1. Warm
2. Cold
3. Stationary
4. Occluded
□ Draw the front symbols
□ label and color it
Thunder & Lightning
• Pages 344-349
– As we read the section we are looking for the
following
1. Definition of 3 things needed for thunderstorms
to form
2. 3 steps in how thunderstorms form
3. What happens when lightning strikes
Tornadoes
• Read chapter 13.2 Sever Weather Section with a
partner
– Define a supercell& draw a picture (figure 13.7)
– Define a tornado
– Draw a three sequence picture of a Tornado formation
with captions (figure 13.10)
• Classification of Tornadoes (Table 13.1)
– Strength/wind speed and % of storms
• How to be safe in a Tornado
– List 3 to 5 steps to safety
Visual (top of the flap)
Speed increases and
gets tighter forming a
funnel cloud
Rain and hail can cause
the funnel cloud to bend
downward. A tornado
forms.
Tornadoes
• Classification of Tornadoes (explain the scale)
• How to be safe in a Tornado
– List 3 to 5 steps to safety
Exit Ticket
• 3-things you know
• 2- things you learned
• 1 question you have
Hurricanes (tropical Storms)
• Ch 13.3
• Look at figure 13.12 Where do hurricanes occur
& what seasons?
• Define Tropical cyclone/hurricane, eye and eye
wall Draw the image and label it (Figure 13.14)
• How do hurricanes form? (draw the five steps
from figure 13.4 next to the diagram)
• What are the forms of destruction (3) pg 358
– Copy down the saffir- simpson scale into your
flapbook
Flooding/Droughts (13.4)
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Define a flood, drought
Draw a before and after picture of a flood
Draw a before and after picture of a drought.
Damage
– List damage that floods/droughts can cause to your
surroundings.
– Floods: what are three different ways floods/droughts can
occur?
• WINTER WEATHER
– List some safety if you are stuck in a blizzard
– Define cold wave
– Color a picture