Storms
Name:

Choose the best answer for each question listed below.


1. Storms are extreme weather.

True
False

2. Hot air falls and cold air rises.

True
False

3. The spinning of the earth causes storms to spin.

True
False

4. El Nino causes the cooling of the water in the Pacific Ocean and results in more powerful storms.

True
False

5. El Nino kills fish and affects sea life.

True
False

6. As warm air rises it cools, and turns into water vapor.

True
False

7. Lightning is the flow of protons that seek a path to the ground.

True
False

8. Lightning heats up the air so fast it explodes as ... :

rain
electrictity
thunder
all of the above.

9. The safest place in a lightning storm is ... :

in the water
under a tree
on the phone
the lowest point possible

10. What can form when warm air is trapped beneath a layer of cold air and a hole is punched in the cold air layer and the warm air rises quickly through the hole?

a hurricane
a tornado
lightning
thunder

Your score is out of 10.