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High Pressure areas bring what kind of weather
a) nice and dry weather
b) cloudy and wet weather
c)
d)

Low pressure areas bring what kind of weather?
a) Nice , dry weather
b) cloudy and wet weather
c)
d)

A thunderstorm is the most deadly type of storm in the US?
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

What is the most dangerous part of a hurricane?
a) the eye
b) the eyewall
c) rain
d) the storm surge

What has winds as high as 300 mph?
a) hurricane
b) thunderstorm
c) tornado
d)

The area of central USA that features many tornadoes is known as Tornado
a) touchdown
b) alley
c) home run
d)

Tornadoes start in
a) the ocean
b) thunderstorm clouds
c) lakes
d) mountains

Stratus, cirrus, cumulus and nimbus are types of what?
a) pasta
b) football teams
c) clouds
d) video games

True or false? You see lightning and hear thunder.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

The region in the U.S. with the greatest amount of tornadoes is:
a) Maine
b) Virginia
c) Alaska
d) The Great Plains

The region in the U.S. with the greatest annual frequency of hail is:
a) the great plains
b) Virginia
c) Hawaii
d) Florida

Very powerful cyclonic storms that form over warm tropical waters are called
a) hurricanes
b) tornadoes
c) thunderstorms
d)

Why don't hurricanes occur all year long?
a) There is only wind in the summer.
b) The water temperatures are not warm enough to foster the growth of the storms
c) The ocean water is too salty in the winter.
d) I don't know

Cold fronts and warm fronts are both types of:
a) High Pressure Systems
b) Low Pressure Systems
c)
d)

A barometer measures
a) precipitation
b) temperature
c) air pressure
d) wind speed

An anemometer measures
a) precipitation
b) temperature
c) air pressure
d) wind speed

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