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Quiz/Review. Get out a small piece of paper and put your name on it. When the bell rings, the quiz will begin. Question 1. What is a blizzard?. Question 2. Name two things that are required for lake effect snow. Question 3.

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  1. Quiz/Review • Get out a small piece of paper and put your name on it. • When the bell rings, the quiz will begin.

  2. Question 1 • What is a blizzard?

  3. Question 2 • Name two things that are required for lake effect snow.

  4. Question 3 • What area gets the most snow in the US outside of mountainous regions?

  5. Answers • High winds and low temperatures. • Fetch, Wind speed, Water Temperature. • Tug Hill, NY

  6. Forest Fires

  7. What • A wildfire is any uncontrolled fire in combustible vegetation. • Brush fire, forest fire, desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, peat fire, vegetation fire, and veldfire.

  8. Causes • Lightning • In drought periods, lighting can spark a wildfire. • Volcanic eruption • Lava touches anything combustible. • Sparks • Cigarettes and camp fires. • Spontaneous combustion • Flash Point – Point when thing burst into flames.

  9. Where

  10. When • Summer time. • When plants have foliage but there might be long periods of drought.

  11. Effects Good Bad Damaged land No habitat Loss of life Pollution • New fresh land • Fertile land

  12. How to put them out • Airplanes and helicopters • Fire fighters (fire Jumpers) • Dig trenches and fell trees. • Set fires to burn fuel • Explosives

  13. Report

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