CORNELL CLASS NOTES
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Topic: 6.3 e
Severe Weather
Questions/Main Idea Notes: 1. Thunderstorms are simply storms that generate __________ and ________________. They frequently produce gusty _____________, ____________ ___________, and _____________. 2. An electric discharge occurs between a ___________ charged area and a ___________ charged area 3. ____________________ is one of the most ______________ parts of a thunderstorm. 4. Lighting is attracted to tall objects so what should you do if you get caught in a thunderstorm (out in the open)? 1._____________________________________ 2._____________________________________ 3._____________________________________ 5. How do thunderstorms form? Step 1: The ___________ heats the earth's surface during the day. The _________ on the _________ _________warms the air around it. Step 2: Since warm air is _______ than cool air, it starts to _______ (known as an _____________). If the air is ________, then the warm air ______________ into a _________ cloud. Step 3: The air reaches it’s _____________________ ___________. Step 4: The cloud will continue to grow as long as ___________ _________ below it continues to rise.
Thunderstorms
Lightning Thunderstorm Safety
Thunderstorm Formation
Main Ingredients Thunderstorms
6. What are the two main ingredients of a thunderstorm? 1. ________________________________ 2. ________________________________
7. What three things that can cause a thunderstorm? 1. _________________________________ 2. _________________________________ 3. _________________________________
Tornadoes
8. Tornadoes are small ____________ column of _________ that has__________ wind speed, & low central pressure, it touches the ground. 9. A tornado must touch what for it to be a tornado? __________ 10. What is a hurricane? ____________________________________________ 11.Where do hurricanes form? ____________________________________________ 12.Hurricanes start off as either a ________________ or an ______________________ depending on the direction of their spin. 13.For a cyclone to be classified as a hurricane, winds must reach exceed _____________ mph.
Hurricanes
How Hurricanes Form:
14.What are the steps of hurricane formation? Step 1: Begins as a group of _________________ over __________ ocean waters Step 2: Wind traveling in _____ ______________ _____________ meet and cause the storm to _____________. Step 3: ________________comes from the condensation of water vapor Step 4: As __________ moist air ________, water vapor condenses & releases large amount of ___________. Step 5: Hurricanes will continue to grows as long as there is ___________, ______________ ____________.
Clockwise vs. Counterclockwise
15.Draw the direction of a clockwise motion:
16.Draw the direction of an counterclockwise motion:
Hurricane’s Spin
17.What directions do hurricanes spin in the northern hemisphere? ____________________________
18.What directions do hurricanes spin in the southern hemisphere? _____________________________
Difference between hurricanes and tornadoes. Main ingredients for all these weather-related phenomena
19.What is the main difference between a hurricane and a tornado? __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ 20.What are the main ingredients for thunderstorms, hurricanes and tornadoes? 1. _________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________ 3. __________________________________________
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