VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
Weather
Instruments
Potluck
100

spinning quickly

whirrling

100

where something starts

source

100

warm temperatures, moist air in a low pressure area, thunderstorm over warm waters causes a _________

hurricane

100
an instrument that measures temperature
What is a thermometer?
100

What is the genre?

informational text

200

form tiny droplets of water

condense

200

to see or feel something

experience

200
A hurricane is called this in China.
What is a typhoon?
200
an instrument that measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
200

What records radar images of storms?

satellite

300

quickly

rapidly

300

very old like Mr. Sweda

ancient

300

Cyclones are named after a Greek word that means this

What is coil?

300
an instrument that measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
300

If the eye grows bigger, is the storm 

a) weakening

b) strengthening 

weakening

400

turning or spinning slowly

rotating

400

to guess what is going to happen

predict

400
8/24/1992
When was Hurricane Andrew?
400
an instrument that measures the amount of moisture in the air
What is a hygrometer?
400
Hurricanes travel in this direction within the United States
What is counterclockwise?
500

act in a mad or violent way

rage

500

recorded information

registered

500

What is it like inside the eye of a hurricane?

calm and sunny

500
a small device that shows north, south, east and west.
What is a compass?
500
Patricia Lauber
Who is the author of Hurricanes Earth's Mightiest Storms?
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