click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
ch. 17 vocab. word
Questione a | Answer |
---|---|
lines on a map joining places that have the same tempature | isotherm |
a violet distrurbance in the atmosphere | storm |
A sudden spark, or energy discharge, caused when electrical charges jump between parts of a cloud or between a cloud and the ground. A sudden spark, or energy discharge, caused when elctrical charges jump between parts of a cloud. | lightning |
A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch Earth's surface, usually leaving a destructive path. | tornado |
A tropical storm that has winds of 119 kilometers per hour or higher; typically about 600 kilometers across. | hurricane |
A dome of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands. | storm surge |
To move away temporarily. | evacute |
Scientists who study the causes of weather and try to predict it. | meteorologist |
An abnormal climate event that occurs every 2 to 7 years in the Pacific Ocean, causing changes in winds, currents, and weather patterns that can lead to dramatic climate changes. | el nino |