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Catastrophic Events

Learn Vocabulary in the Catastrophic Events Category

TermDefinition
Tornado a mobile destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system
Hurricane a hurricane is an intense tropical storm with powerful winds and heavy rain.
Flood a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
Earthquake a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earths crust or volcanic action.
Tsunami a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other event.
Biological weathering breaking down of rocks by activities of living organisms. (digging or roots.)
Catastrophic event a violent, usually destructive natural occurrence
Chemical Weathering breaking down of rocks by chemical processes by changes.
Deposition a process weathered and eroded materials are deposited by wind or water or ice.
Erosion weathered material is moved by wind, water, and ice.
Physical (mechanical) Weathering breaking rocks (physical pressure grinding shattering)
Weathering process which exposed rock are broken down. May be caused by wind water physical chemical and biological.
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