Tornadoes and Hurricanes
powerful funnel-shaped columns of spiraling air
What is Tornado?
are smaller earthquakes that occur before a major earthquake
What is Foreshock?
This type of event occurs in late summer and fall seasons.
What is wildfires?
an opening from the earth that exports magma from underneath the Earth’s crust
What is Volcano?
a tropical storm with winds that have reached a constant speed of 74 miles per hour or more
What is Hurricane?
two plates grind against each other causing a release of energy of seismic waves
What are tectonic plates?
A prolonged period of low precipitation leading to water scarcity in a particular area.
What is drought?
zone in the pacific ocean that covers a collection of moving plate edges forming a ring of volcanoes
What is Ring of Fire?
Winds can go up to 300 mph
What is Tornado?
fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock – they allow the blocks to move relative to each other
what is a fault?
Long, narrow regions in the atmosphere that transport water vapor outside the tropics.
What are Atmospheric Rivers?
Made up of alternating layers of lava and ash
Measures tornado intensity
What is Fujita Scale?
Plates move side by side
What is Strike-Slip Fault (Transform Boundary)?
Alleviate drought conditions
What is El Nino?
magma fills the chamber slowly
What is Dormant Volcano?
This measures hurricane intensity.
What is Saffir-Simpson Scale?
Measures the intensity of earthquakes.
What is Richter Scale?
A neutral phase of surface oceanic temperatures
What is La Nada?
a depression
What is Caldera?