The Hurricane and Tornadoes
What is a hurricane?
A hurricane is a huge, dangerous storm with wind speeds of at least 119km per hour.
How many water is covered by earth?
75% of earth surface is covered by water.
What are minerals?
Minerals are natural nonliving solid crystals.
How does earths surface wear away?
The outer layer of the Earth’s surface is called the Crust.
Why don't ants get sick?
Because they have little anty bodies.
What are the parts of a hurricane?
The eye is the calmest part. It is usually 20-50km wide.
The eye wall contains the strongest winds.
How many oceans are in the world?
ATLANTIC OCEAN/ INDIAN OCEAN / PACIFIC OCEAN / southern ocean / arctic ocean.
What is the difference between rocks and minerals?
Rocks have a solid mixture of minerals and may be organic. Minerals have inorganic solid and have crystals.
What is deposition?
Deposition is the laying down of sediments and soil carried away by erosion.
What did earth say to the other planets?
You guys have no life.
How do scientist predict hurricanes?
Meteorologists use data from instruments all over the world to predict them.
How is water made up?
Water is made up of hydrogen and oxigen.
What is luster?
Luster: How much light it reflects.
How do weathered materials move?
Erosion is the movement of materials from one place to another.
What is a tornados favorite game to play?
Twister!!
What are the effects of the hurricane?
It destroys many things, breaks trees, lifts roofs or even flatten buildings.
Is ocean water salty?
Ocean water is salty because of salts and minerals in the soil/sand of the ocean floor.
How can we identify minerals?
How much light it can reflect.
How does weathering affect landforms?
How does a scientist freshen her breath?
with experi-mints!!!
What is the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale?
The Saffir- Simpson hurricane wind scale is a 1 to 5 rating based on a hurricanes sustained wind speed.
What is the watercycle?
The water cycle is the never-ending movement of water from earths surface to the atmosphere and back again.
Which mineral is the hardest?
The most hard mineral is the diamonds which has 1600 absolute hardness.
How many landforms are they and what are their names?
They are 12 landforms and their names are: volcano, hills, island, canyon, dessert , ocean, river, jungle, mountain, marshes, waterfall, plain.
How did benjamin franklin feel when he discovered electricity??
Shocked!!