The Water Cycle
Hurricanes
Tornados
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The journey water takes as it circulates from the land to the sky and back again.
What is The Water Cycle?
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It is a powerful rotating storm that forms over oceans near the equator.
What is a Hurricane?
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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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Winds that go 75 to 95 mph and does minimal damage.
What is a category 1 hurricane?
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Cars and trees being thrown around.
What are missiles?
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The process where liquid water becomes water vapor.
What is Evaporation
200
Low air pressure, warm temperatures, moist ocean air, tropical winds (near the equator).
What are the four conditions a hurricane needs to form
200
A large thunderstorm.
What is a supercell?
200
The science of weather.
What is meteorology?
200
Winds between 96 and 110 mph and does moderate damage.
What is a category 2 hurricane?
300
The process by which water vapor changes into liquid.
What is Condensation
300
The place with the lowest wind speeds in a hurricane.
What is the eye
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The weigh of a column of air.
What is air pressure?
300
Water that is underground.
What is ground water?
400
Rain fall not absorbed by soil.
What is Surface Runoff
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Warm ocean water (more than 80 F).
What is the temperature in the water the hurricane needs to form?
400
A rotating column of wind that does not touch the ground.
What is a funnel?
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The hydrologic Cycle.
What is another name for the water cycle?
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Any form of water, such as rain, snow, sleet or hail, that falls to the earths surface.
What is Precipitation?
500
winds between 111 and 130 mph, and it does major damage
What is a category 3 hurricane?
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Warm air being drawn upward.
What is an updraft?
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Wind speeds between 131 and 155 mph and does extensive damage.
What is a category 4 hurricane?
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