Water Cycle
Hurricanes and Tornadoes
Minerals and
Rocks
Earth's Surface
Weather
100
The oceans and seas are made up of what kind of water?
Salt water
100
What type of storm was Hurrican Andrew?
A hurricane
100
A mineral's ____________ is the way its surface reflects light.
luster
100
What is a fault?
a crack in the Earth's surface
100
What is a meteorologist?
A scientist who studies the weather
200
Name one step of the water cycle.
Evaporation, Condensation or Precipitation
200
What is the middle of the hurricane called?
the eye
200
Name a physical property used to classify rocks and minerals.
color,luster,hardness, streak and cleavage
200
Name one type of a landform
Mountain, hill, volcano, valley, canyon, ....
200
What tool is used to measure air pressure?
A barometer
300
What form of water falls to the earth as rain, sleet, hail or snow?
Precipition
300
What is a rapidly column of spinning air that comes down out of a thunderstorm?
a tornado
300
What type of rock is fossils found in?
Sedimentary Rock
300
How can pieces of rock be moved on the Earth?
By water, ice, wind or gravity
300
What is an anemometer used for?
It is used to measure wind speed
400
When water is changes from liquid to vapor it is called what?
Evaporation
400
What is the name of the scale that they use to measure a tornado?
The Fujita Scale
400
Igneous Rock comes from what?
Molten rock in volcanoes
400
What is a landslide?
rapid downhill movement of large amount of rock and soil
400
What is the area called where two air masses meet?
A front
500
What stage of the water cycle do clouds form?
Condensation
500
An F5 tornado has wind speeds over how many miles per hour?
over 419 miles per hour
500
How do metamorphic rocks form?
by heat and pressure
500
What was Mount St. Helens?
A volcano
500
Name one tool used by meteorologist to track weather.
Satellite, radar...
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