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Water Cycle
Hurricane
Tornado
Bonus
100
The journey water takes as it circulates from the land to the sky, and back again.
What is the Water Cycle?
100
A powerful rotating storm that forms over oceans and is near the equator.
What is a hurricane?
100
A violent, column like system of rapidly rotating air that is in contact with the ground.
What is a tornado?
100
Cars and trees being thrown around.
What are missiles?
200
The process where liquid water becomes water vapor.
What is evaporation?
200
Low air pressure, warm temperatures, moist ocean air, and tropical winds near the equator
What are the four conditions hurricanes need to form?
200
A large thunder storm.
What is a super cell?
200
96-110 mph winds and does moderate damage.
What are category 2 hurricanes?
300
Rainfall not absorbed by soil.
What is surface runoff?
300
The place with the lowest wind speeds in a hurricane.
What is the eye?
300
The weigh of a column of air.
What is air pressure?
300
Water that travels underground.
What is ground water?
400
Any form of water, such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, that falls to earths surface.
What is precipitation?
400
Warm ocean water more than 80 degrees f.
What a hurricane needs to form?
400
Warm air being drawn upward.
What is an updraft?
400
The hydrologic cycle.
What is another name for the water cycle?
500
The process by which water vapor turns into liquid.
What is condensation?
500
111 mph winds through 130 mph winds and does major damage.
What is a category 3 hurricane?
500
A rotating column of wind that doesn't touch the ground.
What is a funnel?
500
74-95 mph winds that does minimal damage.
What is a category 1 hurricane?