What does it say transforms the weather in the rainforest, that started over 5,000 miles away?
Sandstorms
What happens to the water vapor a half mile above the ocean?
It condenses.
What is called an underwater earthquake?
Tsunami
Natural events that can cause great damage.
Natural Disasters
A device that measures air pressure.
Barometer
What allows us to monitor the weather better than our eyes can see?
satellites
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An instrument used to record data about earthquakes.
Seismograph
An opening on Earth's surface that allows molten rock, called magma, to escape from inside the earth.
Volcano
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How far away from Earth is the Sun?
93 million miles
These satellites show how ___ moves throughout the globe.
Energy
Molten rock inside the earth.
Magma
This is anything that is capable of causing harm to a living thing (including humans).
What is a hazard?
A large rotating storm with high wind speeds that forms over warm waters.
Hurricane
What happens to most of the radiation that that is aimed at the north and south pole?
Reflected back to space by the ice
What year did Hurricane Katrina happen?
2005
Large, moving slabs of rock that make up the planets outer layer.
Earth's Plates
This is the best building material for a house near a volcano.
Stone
A type of roof in which ALL sides slope down.
Hip Roof
Water vapor is lighter than air. True or False
True
How many people lost a place to live during Hurricane Katrina?
Over 1 million people
A sudden, violent shaking of the ground caused by movement of giant plates in the earth's crust.
Earthquake
This can get really hot up to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Lava
Name the Doctor and his two assistants.
Doctor Jeff, Zoe, and Izzy