Check Your Understanding (CYU)


Storms Day 4 - CYU_6

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:

If you are outside when a supercell storm approaches, you should ...


Answer Options:

  (A)  Hide under a large branch of a tree, to avoid being hit by hail.

  (B)  Stay away from a tree, to avoid being hit by lightning.

  (C)  Stay out of ditches, to avoid flash floods.

  (D)  Get into a ditch, to avoid flying debris from tornadoes.



Copyright © 2020 by Roland Stull
Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences Dept.
Univ. of British Columbia