Check Your Understanding (CYU)


Storms Day 1 - CYU_4

Caution: For some CYU questions, more than one of the listed answer options might be correct. For other CYU questions, none of the listed answer options might be correct.  We do this to encourage you to think about the topic. 
Feel free to debate the answers with your peers (i.e., classmates) on the Canvas Discussion board, which is monitored by the TAs.

Question:

Which statement is TRUE?


Answer Options:

    (A) Multicell storms don't usually have lightning.

    (B) A multicell thunderstorm can contain 1 or more cells at the same time

    (C) In a multicell storm, the life-cycle of each cell is synchronized to the other cells

    (D) The cumulus stage of a thunderstorm is the stage mostly likely to have an overshooting top or dome

    (E) Under a multicell storm, you might be hit by violent weather while your friends across town under a different cell of the same storm might have mild conditions.



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Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences Dept.
Univ. of British Columbia