Choose the answer that best describes strong currents of warm, moist air rapidly rising to altitudes of 40,000 feet causing heavy rain, lightening, hail, winds, and flash flooding.
a.tornado
b.temperature inversion
c.cyclone
d.thunderstorm
2.
What problems can temperature inversions create?
a.can cause hail, rain and high winds
b.can trap polluted air causing health problems
c.can cause cyclones to form
d.can create dust storms making air hard to breath
3.
What is a cyclone called that generates winds of 200 kmph and rotates in a counter-clockwise movement in the Pacific Ocean?
A.a typhoon in the southern hemisphere
B.a cyclone
C.a typhoon in the northern hemisphere
D.a hurricane
4.
What are rotating air currents circulating around a vertical axis inside a supercell?
a.windshear
b.mesocyclone
c.tornado
d.downdrafts
