Statistics for EOSC - Thunderstorms

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
with ...	lightning	100%
	100 km diameter	67%
	10-15 km high	67%
forms in ...	15-30 min	67%
	2 or more cells	67%
also called	cumulonimbus	67%
	humidity	67%
thunderstorms made of ...	large cells	67%
multicell thunderstorm	most thunderstorms	67%
base	near ground	67%
anvil	near top of troposphere	67%
energy from	temperature	67%
thunderstorm	thick clouds	67%
	thunder	67%
can cause ...	tornadoes	67%
	updraft	67%
	updrafts and downdrafts	67%
	15 km diameter	33%
	~ 1 km high	33%
because of ...	advection	33%
but ...	can move in a different direction	33%
2	classical	33%
thunderstorms tend to happen ...	close to the equator	33%
	crisp anvil	33%
thunderstorm life cycle - 1	cumulus stage	33%
	different stages	33%
3	dissipating stage	33%
	downdraft	33%
in usa	florida	33%
	frequent lightning	33%
	fuzzy anvil	33%
what surges ahead?	gust front	33%
	heavy rain	33%
	heavy rain	33%
3	high precipitation	33%
	large hail	33%
shelf cloud	leading edge	33%
	light rain	33%
squall line	line of many thunderstorms	33%
	lots of hail	33%
types - 1	low precipitation	33%
mammatus clouds	lumpy	33%
2	mature stage	33%
this part is called the ...	mesocyclone	33%
	no anvil	33%
	no rain	33%
	often on cold front	33%
the last two may be switched (not sure)	ok	33%
	overshoots anvil	33%
in canada	prairies and central	33%
	rain free updraft	33%
	rainy downdraft	33%
	rotating	33%
	single cell	33%
dome	strong updraft	33%
	strong winds	33%
sometimes these form ->	transient tornadoes	33%
	up and downdrafts	33%
	updraft surrounded by rain	33%
supercell	very large	33%