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How thunderstorms, lightning, and related hazards form and affect safety.
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A storm cell has only rising warm, moist air, and no rain is reaching the ground. Which life-cycle stage is it in?
A storm-cell cross section shows both a strong updraft and a downdraft, with heavy precipitation falling. Which stage is drawn?
In a storm cell, downdrafts have spread through most of the cloud and cut off the warm surface inflow. What stage is the storm in?
In the storm profile, an anvil top has formed and arrows show rising and sinking air inside the same cell. Which stage best matches the diagram?
During the cumulus stage, water droplets form inside a growing thunderstorm cloud, but no rain reaches the ground yet. Why?
During the dissipating stage, what kind of rain usually falls from a single thunderstorm cell?
A tower of cloud is building upward from surface heating, and no downdraft has formed yet. Which process releases the heat that keeps this young storm's updraft rising?
Use the process diagram of cell motions. Which order names stages 1, 2, and 3?
A process diagram labels three panels in this order: dissipating stage, mature stage, cumulus stage. What is wrong with this order?
A process diagram labels three panels in this order: mature stage, cumulus stage, dissipating stage. What is wrong with this order?
The process diagram shows a single storm cell over time. Based on the life cycle, between which two stages does the downdraft first appear?
A student labels a process diagram: 1 cumulus stage, 2 dissipating stage, 3 mature stage. Which single label is out of place?
Use the storm-ingredients table. Which station has the greatest thunderstorm potential?
The panels compare nearby surfaces after strong afternoon insolation. Which surface is more likely to start a thermal updraft?
Use the setup table. Why is Place A more favorable for thunderstorms than Place B?
Use the atmospheric profiles table. Which profile is least favorable for a thunderstorm?
A dry afternoon has a dew point of 2 °C, a temperature inversion aloft, and no front or sea-breeze boundary. What is missing for storm growth?
A community pool is open on a warm afternoon when thunder is first heard in the distance. What should the lifeguards do?
A student sees lightning and hears thunder 15 seconds later. Sound travels about 330 m/s. About how far away was the flash, in kilometers?
Lightning flashes, and thunder arrives 9 seconds later. Using 330 m/s for sound, about how many kilometers away was the lightning?
Why do you usually see lightning before you hear the thunder from the same flash?
What produces the sound wave called thunder?
A hiker hears thunder on a ridge with one tall isolated tree nearby. Which action reduces lightning risk most?
The image shows floodwater moving across a low road after a thunderstorm. What should a driver do?
A severe thunderstorm warning is issued while students are in a classroom with large windows. What response best reduces wind and hail risk?
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