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Section 2 Chapter 3
Quiz by Deyton Thomson
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Q.a violent disturbance in the atmosphere.
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Q.a small storm often accompanied by heavy precipitation and frequent thunder and lightning
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Q.Thunderstorms form in large cumulonimbus clouds, also known as thunderheads.
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Q.Within the thunderheads are strong upward and downward winds-updrafts and downdrafts
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Q.a sudden spark, or electrical discharge, as these charges jump between parts of a cloud between nearby clouds, or between a cloud and the ground
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Q.A lightning bolt can heat the air near it to as much as 50,000 degrees C?
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Q.Lightning can cause damage?
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Q.In urban areas, floods can occur when the ground is already saturated by heavy rains?
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Q.The safest place to be during a thunderstorm is outdoors?
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Q.If you are inside a house during a thunderstorm, you should avoid touching which of the following?
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Q.During a thunderstorm, you should aoid objects that can conduct electricity such as metal objects and bodies of water?
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Q.______________ is a rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down from a strom cloud to touch Earth's surface.
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Q.Wind speeds in the most intense tornadoes may approach 500 km/hr (310 mph)?
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Q.Tornadoes most commonly develop in thick cumulonimbus clouds- the same clouds that bring thunderstorms?
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Q.Tornadoes are most likely to occur in winter and spring?
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Q.Tornadoes occur more often in Canada than in any other country?
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Q.Tarkio/Westboro are in tornado alley?
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Q.Tornadoes are ranked on the Fujita scale by the amount of damage they cause?
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Q.The safest place to be during a tornado is in your car or in the basement of a well-built building?
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Q.is a tropical cyclone that has winds of 119 km per hour or higher.
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Q.A hurricane begins over warm ocean water as a high-pressure area, or tropical disturbance?
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Q.Hurricanes last longer than other storms, usually a week or more?
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Q.If you hear a hurricane warning and are told to evacuate, you should leave the area immediately?
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Q.All year round, most precipitation begins in clouds as rain?
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Q.If you are caught in a snowstorm, you should try to find shelter from the wind?
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