Earthquakes
Most earthquakes begin where?
Underground
The opening in a volcano through which magma and gases escape
Vent
A row of severe thunderstorms is
A rapidly spinning column of air
Tornado
A tropical cyclone forming in the Atlintci and estern Pacific Oceans
Hurricane
The area directly above the focus of an earthquake is called
Epicenter
A gently sloping mountain made of lave released from nonexplosive eruptions
Sheild Volcano
What is the sound that results from the rapid expansion of superheated air
Thunder
A scale used to rate tornado intensity
Fujita scale
A wall of water that moves ashore when a hurricane strikes land.
Storm surge
A seismic wave that compresses and expands
P Wave
A steeply sloped volcano made of pyroclastic material from explosive eruptions
Cinder Cone
Hail
A spinning column of rising moist air over a body of water is
Waterspout
A hurricane that forms in the western Pacific Ocean is called a
typhoon
A Seismic wave that moves side to side and up and down is
S Wave
A tall cone-shaped mountain made of alternating layers of lava and pyroclastic material
Composite volcano
The force in a thunderstorm cloud that balances out the positive and negative charges is
Lightning
The midwestern region of the United States is often referred to as
Tornado Alley
What are the 3 parts of a hurricane?
Eye
Eye Wall
Rain Bands
Seismologists
Most volcanos are located on the
Ring of Fire
When a severe thunderstorm forms the clouds can take the shape of an
Anvil
Straight-line winds that can be either wet or dry.
Microburst
Hurricanes are ranked on a scale of what numbers?
1 to 5