Thunderstorms

 

Directions:  Answer the following questions by visiting the website links related to each question.  
                       Write your answers on the page given to you.
                       After you've found the answer, use the "BACK" button to come back to this page.

 

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.wrh.noaa.gov/eka/

http://skydiary.com/kids/

http://www.wc4.org/Weather and storms.htm