Can tornadoes cross mountains and water?
Yes
No
This measurement is the best way to quantify how much moisture is in the air.
Relative humidity
Dew point temperature
What is the second-lowest layer of the atmosphere, above the troposphere?
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
Tropopause
Ionosphere
Three ingredients for hurricane formation are an area of thunderstorms, warm water and...
Upper-level wind shear
Saharan dust
Oxygen
Coriolis
If 2 inches of rain falls, how many inches of SNOW would it have been with a 10-to-1 ratio?
0.2 inches
10 inches
12 inches
20 inches
What's the word used in physics to refer to the "spin" in the air?
Helix
Coriolis
Vorticity
Convective available potential energy
What does it mean when a tornado watch is issued?
Tornadoes are possible
A tornado is on the ground
What's that stuff that falls during winter that looks like little round Styrofoam pellets?
Hail
Graupel
Hard snow
Freezing rain
Air pollution -- solid particles in the air -- is necessary for rain to form.
True
False
When the sun is directly overhead at 23.5 degrees North, it's called the
Vernal equinox
Summer solstice
Autumnal equinox
Winter solstice
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