⛈️ Severe Weather & Storms
Real answers about the storms that make headlines: how hurricanes and tornadoes form, what causes lightning and thunder, EF5 tornado scales, hurricane naming, hail formation, flash floods, blizzards, derechos, and the science behind extreme weather events.
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Forces, Motion & Energy
The physics of motion, momentum, and the fundamental forces. A hurricane releases more energy than every nuclear weapon ever built, several times over.
Chemistry Elements
The building blocks of all matter from hydrogen to uranium. The air in a tornado is the same nitrogen and oxygen as everywhere else, just moving fast.
Chemistry Reactions
Acids, bases, oxidation, and what's happening when stuff changes. Acid rain is reactions happening in clouds before the rain falls.
Electricity, Magnetism & Waves
Currents, circuits, magnets, and how electricity flows. Lightning is the most extreme everyday electrical discharge.
Volcanoes & Earthquakes
Eruptions, lava, plate tectonics, and Earth's violent geology. Major eruptions can trigger weather changes that look like storms.
Weather & Atmosphere
Clouds, wind, fronts, and what makes the sky do what it does. Severe weather is regular weather pushed to its physical extremes.
Oceans & Water Cycle
Tides, waves, currents, and the planet's biggest water reservoir. Hurricanes form over warm ocean water and feed on its heat energy.
Rocks, Minerals & Earth Structure
The three rock types, fossils, tectonics, and Earth's layers. Severe storms dramatically accelerate weathering and erosion.
How Things Work & Discoveries
Inventors, inventions, and how everyday devices function. Weather radar, satellites, and warning systems all build on electromagnetic technology.
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