Hurricanes
Tornadoes
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Water Cycle
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a powerful, rotating storm that forms over warm oceans near the Equator
What is a hurricane?
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The average wind speed of a tornado.
What is 300 mph?
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The worst part of the hurricane.
What is the eye wall?
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The level of intensity of a tornado on the Fujita scale that does not do much damage but still does some.
What is a level 2 tornado?
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When rain sleet or snow falls.
What is precipitation?
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Where the wind, rain, and huge waves can cause extensive destruction.
What is landfall?
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The direction tornados normally spin the northern hemisphere.
What is counterclockwise?
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The scale on which they judge how severe the hurricane is.
What is the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale?
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The less severe part of tornado alley.
What are Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Iowa, Tennessee, Kentucky, Wisconsin, and Minnesota?
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The point in the water cycle when water comes up from the ocean.
What is evaporation?
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The part of the hurricane that is calmer than the rest
What is the eye of the hurricane?
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Where hurricanes normally occur
Where is the USA?
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4 things a hurricane needs to form
What is low air pressure warm temperatures moist ocean air and tropical winds?
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The states that make up the heart of tornado alley.
What is Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, eastern Colorado, and South Dakota?
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The point in the water cycle when water rains down and stays on land.
What is groundwater?
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when the storm begins to weaken.
What happens when a hurricane goes over land?
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tornadoes may form in the area, because conditions are favorable for their formation
What is a tornado watch?
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a hurricane is possible within 36 hours in a given area
What is A hurricane watch?
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The least severe form of a tornado.
What is a level 1 tornado?
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The word that describes water that has rained down and flowed off the side of a mountain.
What is run off?
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The speed of the wind in order for it classify as a hurricane.
What is 74 mph?
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a violent, column-like system of rapidly-rotating air that is in contact with the ground.
What is a tornado?
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a hurricane is expected within 24 hours in a given area
What is a hurricane warning?
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The scale on which people judge how severe a tornado is.
What is the Fujita scale?
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The part in the water cycle where water from the plants becomes clouds.
What is transpiration?
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