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3. Lightning True / False - Lightning kills more people each year than tornadoes.

4. True Lightning kills almost 100 people and injures about 1000 people in the United States per year.

5. True / False – Lightning only strikes where it is raining.

6. False, lightning strikes can occur up to 10 miles away from where it is raining.

7. Which state has the highest number of lightning deaths and injuries per year?

8. Florida

9. The 30/30 Rule is an easy way to remember what lightning safety rules?

10. -If there are 30 seconds or less between seeing lightning and hearing the thunder, seek shelter. - Stay in the shelter at least 30 minutes after the storm has passed

11. True /False - A car offers appropriate shelter during a thunderstorm.

12. True, a hard-top car will protect you from lightning. Stay away from the windows as far as possible and do not tough metal in the car.

13. True/False - The first weather satellite was launched in1960

14. True TIROS-1 Launch April 1, 1960 Cape Canaveral. FL TIROS-1 Tropical Storm Image April 10, 1960

15. What part of the Earth do NOAA geostationary satellites view?

16. The Western Hemisphere GOES-WestGOES-East

17. NOAA polar weather satellites provide imagery of what parts of the Earth?

18. The entire Earth!

19. True/False - NOAA weather satellites provide data on the Earth’s surface, and atmosphere, and the Sun.

20. True GOES image of the Sun POES image of snow cover GOES image of Hurricane Katrina

21. True/False - All NOAA weather satellites are launched from Cape Canaveral, FL. Daily Double!

22. False. Geostationary satellites are launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, but polar orbiting satellites are launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA.

23. What type of cloud is this?

24. Tornado, which is a violently rotating column of air descending from a thunderstorm and contacting the ground.

25. What type of cloud is this?

26. Cumulonimbus, which is a type of cloud that is tall, dense, and involved in thunderstorms and other intense weather. The clouds can form alone, in clusters, or along a cold front in a squall line.

27. What type of cloud is this?

28. Cirrus, which are the highest clouds. They usually mean fair weather. They look white and feathery.

29. What type of cloud is this?

30. Altostratus – clouds which usually cover the whole sky and have a gray or blue-gray appearance. An altostratus cloud usually forms ahead of storms with continuous rain or snow. Occasionally, rain will fall from an altostratus cloud. If the rain hits the ground, then the cloud becomes classified as a nimbostratus cloud.

31. What type of cloud is this?

32. Altocumulus, which are usually white or gray, and often occur in sheets or patches with wavy, rounded masses or rolls. Altocumulus often are seen preceding a cold front, and their presence on a warm, humid, summer morning frequently signals the development of thunderstorms later in the day.

33. True / False – Rip currents only occur on beaches near the ocean.

34. False, rip currents can also occur in large lakes such as the Great Lakes.

35. T/F Rip currents can be very narrow or more than 50 yards wide.

36. True

37. True /False The greatest danger from rip currents is being pulled under the water

38. False. Rip currents pull swimmers away from the beach, not under the water.

39. True / False A break in an incoming wave pattern means a rip current is present.

40. True

41. True / False - If you are caught in a rip current, it is important to fight the current.

42. False

43. True / False -The world’s largest fish is the whale shark, which may weigh several tons and grow to 60 feet in length—that’s as long as two school buses!

44. True

45. True / False –The deepest point in the ocean is the Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean which is 36,201 feet below sea level—that’s almost 7 miles down.

46. True Marianas Trench Australia Pacific Ocean Asia Indian Ocean

47. True / False - Although horseshoe crabs are called a “crab,” the horseshoe crab is related to spiders and scorpions. And horseshoe crabs have been around for 250 million years, which makes them older than the dinosaurs!

48. True

49. True / False - Winds near the surface of the ocean are the primary cause of the rise and fall of tides.

50. False, changes in the tides are caused by the gravitational pull from the sun and the moon. The Bay of Fundy, near Nova Scotia, Canada has the highest vertical tidal change in the world.

51. What underwater structure supports more species per area than any other marine environment?

52. Coral Reefs are the home of 1 million marine species.