Name: ___________________________
Date: ________Period ______
STORMS & WEATHER FORECASTING: STUDY GUIDE
Part I: Short answer. For some questions the same word will be used more than
once.
1. Name three ways people ‘predicted’ weather prior to the 1800s.
A)
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B)
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C)
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2. A tornado can appear in three different ways. Describe them below.
A)
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B)
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C)
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3.
Who is considered the “Father of Weather Forecasting”? _________________
4.
This type of storm is sometimes called a typhoon. ________________
5.
Happens when warm, humid air rises & creates an unstable
atmosphere. _________________
6.
In this part of a hurricane storm there is no rain fall & bright
skies_________________
7.
The center of a hurricane. ____________________
8.
This can be caused by the force of earth’s gravity. __________________
9.
A massive, rotating storm that usually starts over tropical waters.
________________________
10.
The heaviest precipitation & strongest winds of a hurricane occur
here. ______________________
11.
Rapidly rotating clouds that become visible at the base of a
thundercloud. _______________________
12.
The movement of liquid or gas in a spiral around a central axis
_________________________
13.
When a funnel cloud’s circulation comes in contact with the ground.
______________________
14.
Lightning, heavy gusty winds, rain & thunder are usually involved
with this type of storm. ______________________
15. Sometimes called a ‘twister’ _________________
Part III: Read the paragraph below. Determine the best word or phrase to complete
each sentence.
Joseph Henry is an important person who helped to modernize weather prediction in many
ways. However, he is also well-known because he was the ____________________ of the
Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. Thanks to his efforts, the public became very aware of
the need for a ________________________________________. Thanks to him we also discovered
that weather moves across our country from ____________________ to ____________________.
Henry established a network of weather observers who reported information such as
____________________ and ____________________ Now weather forecasters are able to give
us reports about daily weather using computers and other high-tech tools. In Joseph Henry’s time it
was necessary to use a series of ____________________ stations to accomplish this.
Storms on earth happen for many reasons. A vortex can be caused by the uneven
____________________ of earth’s surfaces. It can also be caused as a result of earth’s
____________________.