Water
Hurricanes & Tornadoes
Vocabulary
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Hurricanes & Tornadoes
100
How much of Earth's surface is water?
What is 3/4 or 75%?
100
The area where air or liquid spins in circles is called the ___________.
What is the vortex?
100
The area where two air masses meet is called a ___________.
What is a front?
100
Why is ocean water not good for people to drink?
What is it is very salty and unhealthy for people to drink?
100
A ___________ is a rapidly spinning funnel of air that descends from a thunderstorm cloud.
What is a tornado?
200
Which of these will measure air pressure? a. humidity b. barometer c. anemometer d. condensation
What is b. barometer?
200
Where does a dust devil occur?
What is in the desert?
200
The air is made up of ___________.
What is invisible gases?
200
Water freezes at what temperature?
What is zero degrees Celcius?
200
A ____________ is a dangerous storm with wind speeds of up to 119 km per hour.
What is a hurricane?
300
Name the three types of clouds.
What is cumulus, stratus, and cirrus?
300
What is it called when a funnel cloud touches the ground?
What is a tornado?
300
_______________ is the pushing force of air.
What is air pressure?
300
Water turns into water vapor at what temperature?
What is 100 degrees Celsius?
300
Which best describes the conditions in a hurricane's eye? a. The winds are strong, and there is no rain b. The winds are gentle, and there is no rain c. The winds are gentle, and there is heavy rain d. The winds are strong, and there is heavy rain
What is b. The winds are gentle, and there is no rain?
400
The amount of water in the air is called what?
What is humidity?
400
How are hurricanes classified (or put into groups)?
What is by categories 1-5?
400
The process of changing liquid water to ___________ is called evaporation.
What is water vapor?
400
What is the scientific name for table salt?
What is sodium chloride?
400
What data do scientists use to classify tornadoes on the Fujita Scale? a. rainfall and location b. wind speed and rainfall c. location and wind speed d. amount of damage and wind speed
What is d. amount of damage and wind speed?
500
There are 3 steps to the water cycle. Name and explain 2 of them for the points.
What is evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
500
Why is it hard to predict a tornado?
What is it can form and move very quickly and you don't know what direction it will go in?
500
The __________ is the blanket of air that surrounds Earth.
What is atmosphere?
500
Describe the difference between a sea breeze and a land breeze.
What is sea breeze blows from sea toward land and land breeze blows from land toward sea?
500
What instrument is used to look inside a thunderstorm?
What is Doppler radar?
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