Clouds
These clouds are responsible for severe weather and convection. Don’t be fooled by the fluffy appearance!
Cumulonimbus
Notably making landfall in New Orleans in 2005, this category 5 was the costliest hurricane to hit the United States.
Hurricane Katrina
The Hardest mineral on the Mohs Hardness Scale
Diamond
The fastest rates of weathering and erosion occur in these kinds of climates?
Warm and wet
A severe thunderstorm is defined by large hail, damaging winds, and this phenomenon.
Tornado
This cloud looks like a feather or a wisp within the upper levels but is exclusively made of ice crystals.
cirrus
Part of the May 2013 outbreak, this city experienced the most recent example of an EF5 tornado.
Moore, OK
Three ways to identify a mineral
Color, Luster, Streak, Hardness, cleavage
A science that deals with the dating and study of tree rings
Dendrochronology
Take cover! This system will rapidly intensify and drop 24mb.
Bomb Cyclone
Probably one of the more unusual clouds, this type is distinct for its pouch-like appearance.
mammatus
The upper-Midwest recorded exceptional damage due to wind gusts of over 90mph from this 2020 storm.
2020 Derecho
Diamonds, Graphite, and Coal are all made of this.
Carbon
Name oxygen’s 3 stable isotopes
O16, O17, O18
The sinking of colder, denser fluid to warmer, less dense fluid is related using this process.
convection
Found in the mid-levels, this cloud is indicative of a warm front and rarely produces precipitation.
altostratus
Following one of the most active weather years to date, this wave shattered thermal records for over a week consecutively.
(March) 2012 Heat Wave
Different Lusters
Metallic, non-metallic, dull, greasy, vitreous
This is the term for fluvial sediments
Alluvium
Formulation of this requires the collision of supercooled water droplets onto snowflakes on the scale of 2-5mm.
graupel
Found on the leeside of a mountain due to mountain waves and trapped pockets of moisture, this cloud typically looks like a UFO to civilians.
lenticular
Known for severe storms associated with extensive drought, this storm greatly affected agriculture and society following one of the largest economic events in US History.
Dust Bowl
The softest mineral on the mohs hardness scale
Talc
Diatoms are often used to determine this over long periods of geologic time.
Ocean Acidity and/or Temperature
Named after a French scientist, this process defines the force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion.
Coriolis Force