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4. Coastal floods can be caused by giant
tidal waves called __________________.
Find the answer at: http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/flood/type.html
5. Ancient Greeks believed that lightning
was a punishment from the god __________________.
Find the answer at: http://sln.fi.edu/weather/lightning/history.html
7. Tornadoes are powerful funnels of
spiraling winds. In which direction would a tornado in Kansas
most likely rotate?
Find the answer at: www.tornadoproject.com/cellar/tttttttt.htm
11. Lightning forms in a thunderstorm
cloud where there are areas of positively and negatively charged
__________________. When the oppositely charged areas are
near each other, an electrical discharge travels between them,
causing lightning.
Find the answer at: http://sln.fi.edu/weather/lightning/science.html
12. Hurricanes are formed over warm __________________
oceans when there is the right combination of heat, moisture,
and wind conditions.
Find the answer at: http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/howhurrwork.html
14. The dangerous __________________
flood is the fastest-moving type of flood.
Find the answer at: http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/flood/about.html
16. Weather experts give the "windchill
factor" to describe how cold it feels outside. If the
temperature is low, and the wind is strong, the body often
cannot keep up with heat loss, and the skin temperature __________________
.
Find the answer at: www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dpae/cons/windchill204.html
DOWN
1. Did you know you can tell how far
away lightning is by counting the seconds between the "flash"
of lightning and the "bang" of thunder? Each five seconds
equals one mile. If you count 15 seconds or less between lightning
and thunder, you're in a high- __________________ zone.
Find the answer at: www.kidslightning.info/flshbang.htm
2. Which state held the record from 1950-1994
for the highest average number of tornadoes a year?
Find the answer at: www.infoplease.com/spot/tornado1.html
3. Which hurricane hit the coast of South
Carolina in 1989?
Find the answer at:
www.loep.state.la.us/factsheets/retiringnmesthurrican.htm
6. What will the first hurricane of the
year 2006 be named?
Find the answer at:
http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/hurricanenames.html
7. Which state has had the hottest temperature
ever recorded?
Find the answer at:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001375.html
8. Floods may be dangerous, but they
can also make the surrounding soil more fertile. Ancient Egyptian
farmers depended on the regular flooding of the __________________
River for a successful harvest.
Find the answer at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/flood/gifts3.html
9. In 1743, a hurricane caught a stargazing
Ben Franklin by surprise. He had planned to study a lunar
__________________ that evening.
Find the answer at: www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/sfl-hc-history-1743.story
10. Travel into the middle of a hurricane!
The calm area in the center of the storm is called the __________________
.
Find the answer at: www.miamisci.org/hurricane/howhurrwork.html
13. Most tornadoes occur in "Tornado
__________________," an area in the central United States
that stretches from Nebraska to Texas. There warm, moist air
from the Gulf of Mexico meets cool, dry air from Canada.
Find the answer at: www.oar.noaa.gov/spotlite/archive/spot_climatology.html
15. Scientists use the Fujita Scale to
measure the power of a tornado. A tornado with 200-mile-per-hour
winds would be considered __________________ .
Find the answer at: www.tornadoproject.com/fscale/fscale.htm
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