2003 Flight Forecast - When Lightning Strikes

Vocabulary Matching

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See how many of these terms you can match. Type the letter next to the word on the right that matches the definition on the left in the small box next to the definition.

Click on the "correction" button at the bottom of the matching quiz to see how you did. Your incorrect answers will be cleared so you can try again on the ones you did not get right. See the resources in the glossary or types of lightning sections for help.

	1. A type of high altitude lightning	a. Saint Elmo's fire
	2.Winds that change direction and speed cause this	b. Ball lightning
	3. The most dangerous and damaging form of lightning	c. Heat Lightning
	4.The type of electrical charge found at the bottom of many clouds	d. Cloud-to-ground lightning
	5. This type of lightning causes a bright flash of light within a cloud	e.Blue Jets
	6. A name given to lightning that looks like crooked lines	f. Negative
	7. Lightning that strikes so far away from the thunderstorm you do not hear the thunder	g. Turbulence
	8. A very rare form of lightning that has been reported by airline passengers	h. Forked
	9. A bluish or greenish glow above pointed objects on the ground	i. Intercloud or sheet lightning