Weather #2 Vocabulary -2
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- Q1A scale that tells how severe a tornado is based on wind speed and the damage being caused.Fujita Scale30s
- Q2Classifies hurricanes according to wind speed, air pressure in the center, and potential for property damage.Saffir-Simpson Scale30s
- Q3location of greatest air pressuresea level30s
- Q4The lowest layer of the atmosphere where weather occursTroposphere30s
- Q52nd layer of atmosphere; extends from 10 to 30 miles up; location of ozone layer; absorbs 95% of Ultraviolet radiation; temperature increases with altitude increase.Stratosphere30s
- Q63rd layer of the atmosphere and protects us from meteorsMesosphere30s
- Q7The uppermost layer of the atmosphere, in which temperature increases as altitude increasesThermosphere30s
- Q8the lower part of the thermosphere, where electrically charged particles called ions are found and contains aurorasIonosphere30s
- Q9a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the groundtornado30s
- Q10A severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose strong winds of more than 120 km/h spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm centerhurricane30s
- Q11A heavy snowstorm with strong windsblizzard30s
- Q12a long period without raindrought30s
- Q13A very heavy flow of water, which is greater than the normal flow of water and goes over the stream's normal channel.flood30s
- Q14Line drawn on a weather map that connects points having equal temperatureIsotherm30s
- Q15Wispy, feathery clouds made of ice crystals that form at high levels.Cirrus30s