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If you are indoors, what should you do during a thunderstorm?
a) Avoid water. It’s a great conductor of electricity, so do not take a shower, wash your hands, wash dishes or do laundry.
b) Do not use electric equipment like computers and appliances during a storm.
c) Stay away from windows and doors and stay off porches.
d) All of these
If you cannot find a shelter, what should you do during a thunderstorm?
a) Crouch down in the open area, keeping twice as far away from a tree as far as it is tall.
b) Put your feet together and place your hands over your ears to minimize hearing damage from thunder.
c) If you’re with a group of people stay about 15 feet from each other.
d) All of these
What should you do if you are outside during a thunderstorm?
a) Stay out of water, because it’s a great conductor of electricity.
b) Stay away from clotheslines, fences, and drop your backpacks because they often have metal on them.
c) If there is no shelter around you, stay away from trees.
d) All of these are true
A severe thunderstorm (damaging winds of 58 miles per hour or more, or hail three-fourths of an inch in diameter or greater) is taking place in your area. If you hear this, you are having a ___________.
a) Thunderstorm Watch
b) Thunderstorm Warning
c) Tornado Watch
d) Tornado Warning
A severe thunderstorm (damaging winds of 58 miles per hour or more, or 1 hail in diameter or greater) is likely to develop in your area. If you hear this, it means you are have a __________.
a) Thunderstorm Watch
b) Thunderstorm Warning
c) Tornado Watch
d) Tornado Warning
Which statement is true?
a) Thunder is caused by lightning.
b) The reason we see lightning before we hear thunder is because light travels faster than sound!
c) All thunderstorms produce lightning and are very dangerous.
d) All of these are true
Which statement is true?
a) Lightning kills and injures more people each year than hurricanes.
b) Lightning kills more people each year than tornadoes.
c) If you hear the sound of thunder, then you are in danger from lightning.
d) All of these are true.
What is is a storm with lightning and thunder?
a) Tornado
b) Hurricane
c) Thunderstorm
d) Blizzard
What type of cloud creates a thunderstorm?
a) Cirrostratus
b) Cumulonimbus
c) Altostratus
d) Cumulus
What is true about thunderstorms?
a) Thunderstorms can occur year-round and at all hours.
b) They are most likely to happen in the spring and summer months.
c) They are most likely to occur during the afternoon and evening hours.
d) All of these are true.
How long should you wait after a storm to play outside?
a) Wait at least 30 minutes after the last observed lightning strike or thunder.
b) Wait at least 10 minutes after the last observed lightning strike or thunder.
c) You can go out immediately after you hear thunder.
d) You can go out immediately after you see lighning.
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