Thunderstorms
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Directions: Answer the
following questions by visiting the website links related to each
question.
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1. How fast does light travel (the speed of light)?
2. How fast does sound travel?
3. Why can you see lightning before you hear thunder?
http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/lightning/thunder.html (use this link to answer questions #1-3)
4. What causes thunder?
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/slide-show/tstm/slide144.html (use this link to answer question #4)
5. What causes lightning?
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/owlie/anvil.htm (use this link to answer question #5)
6. In the past 10 years, how many fires have been started by lightning?
http://www.fema.gov/kids/thwhat.htm (use this link to answer question #6)
Cool Links
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/owlie/owlie.htm
http://www.wc4.org/Weather and storms.htm