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Weather Review-Storm
Storms - Hurricanes, Thunderstorms, and Hurricanes (with extra thrown in)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| often from along the frontal boundary of a cold front where cumulonimbus clouds are present | Thunderstorm |
| form over land, often from a severe thunderstorm | Tornado |
| form over warm, ocean waters | Hurricane |
| usually 15 miles wide in diameter; could cover a small city | Thunderstorm |
| usually 300-400 yards wide, but severe ones could be as wide as a mile | Tornado |
| can be hundreds of miles wide | Hurricane |
| can last for 30 minutes to an hour | Thunderstorm |
| can last a short period of time; usually less than 5-10 minutes | Tornado |
| can last for weeks over water, but die quickly once it is over land or cold water | Hurricane |
| can produce winds speeds of 58 miles per hour | Thunderstorm |
| can produce winds speeds that reach 318 miles per hour | Tornado |
| can produce wind speeds of 155+ miles per hour | Hurricane |
| typically consists of heavy rain, lightning, and thunder | Thunderstorm |
| a funnel-shaped cloud of fast moving winds | Tornado |
| a low pressure system that creates intense rain, high winds, and storm surge/flooding | Hurricane |
| a long period of time with below-average amounts of precipitation (bonus ?) | drought |
| a seismic sea wave often caused by undersea earthquakes (bonus ?) | Tsunami |
| a sudden shaking or rolling caused by the movement of the earth's tectonic plates (bonus ?) | Earthquake |
| a rupture of earth's crust that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the ground (bonus ?) | Volcanic eruption |
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