Storms and Extreme Weather Review Game Show

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Storms and Extreme Weather Review Game Show
Thunderstorms Tornadoes Hurricanes Other Extreme Weather Weather Maps
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Thunderstorms for 100

• The sound produced when lightening superheats the
  air suddenly

What is Thunder?
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Thunderstorms for 200

• The first stage of a thunderstorm when updrafts
  build cumulus clouds

What is the cumulus stages?
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Thunderstorms for 300

• In the mature stage, precipitation creates
  downward winds called these

What are the down drafts?
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Thunderstorms for 400

• A very powerful single-cell thunderstorm

What is a supercell?
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Thunderstorms for 500

• Thunderstorms that form along cold or warm fronts

What are frontal thunderstorms?
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Tornadoes for 100

• The kind of air pressure in the center of a
  tornado

What is a low?
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Tornadoes for 200

• A tornado begins when wind speed and this changes
  between lower and upper winds

What is direction?
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Tornadoes for 300

• The time of year when tornadoes are most likely
  to occur

What are spring and early summer?
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Tornadoes for 400

• The center of the tornado

What is a vortex?
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Tornadoes for 500

• What the National Weather Service issues if
  conditions are right for a tornado to form

What is a tornado watch?
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Hurricanes for 100

• An area of Earth where hurricanes begin to form

What are the tropics?
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Hurricanes for 200

• A hurricane requires a steady supply of this

What is warm moist air?
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Hurricanes for 300

• The center of a hurricane where the weather is
  often fair

What is the eye?
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Hurricanes for 400

• The high level waters pushed onshore by hurricane
  winds

What is a storm surge?
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Hurricanes for 500

• The location of the strongest winds in a hurricane

What is the eyewall?
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Other Extreme Weather for 100

• A winter storm of high winds, low temperatures,
  and falling or blowing snow

What is a blizzard?
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Other Extreme Weather for 200

• A long period of little or no precipitation

What is a drought?
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Other Extreme Weather for 300

• The temperature that your body feels due to the
  combination of cold air and wind

What is the wind chill factor?
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Other Extreme Weather for 400

• A sudden rush of water or over spilling of
  riverbanks usually caused by intense rain

What is flashflood?
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Other Extreme Weather for 500

• The temperature that your body feels due to the
  combination of hot air and humidity

What is heat index?
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Weather Maps for 100

• Represented by the letter H

What is a high or high pressure area?
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Weather Maps for 200

• Represented by a line with triangles pointing in
  the same direction

What is a cold front?
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Weather Maps for 300

• Lines connecting points of equal air pressure

What are isobars?
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Weather Maps for 400

• Lines connecting points of equal temperature

What are isotherms?
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Weather Maps for 500

• A record of weather data for a certain place and
  time using weather symbols

What is a station model?
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