Atmosphere
The second most abundant gas in the atmosphere
What is oxygen?
measures windspeed in mph
What is an anemometer?
area of lowest barometric pressure.
What is the eye?
Event that is very harmful, devastating
What is a catastrophic event?
Spinning funnel cloud which causes much destruction
Tornado
Pressure caused by the weight of the air above an area
What is atmospheric pressure?
most damaging part of a hurricane.
What is storm surge?
Long, high sea wave caused by an earthquake in the ocean
What is a Tsunami?
This is caused by the unequal heating of Earth's Surface
What is Wind?
Boundary between two air masses
What is a Front?
Hurricane season lasts in this time period
When is June 1-November 1?
Devastating to anything in its path, possible loss of populations
What is a tornado?
Extended dry periods
Drought
A large body of air that has relatively uniform temperature and humidity.
What is an Air Mass?
Massive storms in the two hemisphere spin in opposite directions because of this phenomenon.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
Removes critical sediments and Causes a temporary decrease in populations
What is a flood?
Craters in Earth
Meteorite
A boundary between two different air masses, neither of which is strong enough to replace the other
What is a Stationary Front?
This scale is used in the Western Hemisphere
What is the Saffir-Simpson Scale?
Space debris that enter the Earth’s atmosphere
What is a Meteor?