Open Note Quiz
1.
Name__________________ _______
Weather balloons can reach altitudes of over 100,000 feet (about 30 km). What is the
temperature at that altitude? ______________
2. What layer of the atmosphere are you in at 30 km? _______________________________
3. There are six “ingredients” required for a tornado to form within a thunderstorm. List any 3 of
those five.
1._______________________
2._______________________
3._______________________
4. What is the difference between a tornado WATCH and a tornado WARNING?
5. The closest weather radar to Conroe is near Galveston (about 75 miles away). If the weather
radar shows that it is raining in Conroe, but you look outside and it is sunny and you call in to
the weather service to let them know, this is called “_____________ ______________”
6. Circle the “Hook Echo”
7. I brought in and demonstrated a weather radio. This radio will sound an alarm during weather
emergencies. List at least three kinds of weather conditions that will cause these alarms to go
off.
1.___________________________
2.___________________________
3.___________________________
8.
Can tornadoes ever happen in Conroe? ________________________
9. What is the name of the damage scale that meteorologists use to measure how powerful a
tornado was? _________________________________
10. What is it called when a cold front begins to form? _________________________
11. There are 14 states in “Tornado Alley”. List at least five of these states.
______________________, _____________________, ______________________
______________________, _____________________
12. Why do most of the tornadoes in the United States form in Tornado Alley?
13. SKYWARN Storm Spotters on the ground can see what weather radars cannot see. This is called
__________ ________________.
14. When a horizontally rotating column of air inside a storm gets lifted up, creating a tornado, this
is called the “_______________ ___________ _________________”
15. Can you tell what category a tornado is, as it is happening? ________________