Ch 9 Test Vocabulary

A weather event with high winds, lightning, thunder, dense clouds, and heavy rain or hail

A storm with winds rotating around an area of low atmospheric pressure

A vortex of fast moving violently rotating wind having the shape of a funnel cloud

A tropical cyclone with wind speeds of 74 mph or higher

A tropical cyclone in the Northwest Pacific

An extended time of abnormally low rainfall leading to a shortage of water

A large destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush

A large increase in the sea level resulting in a wall of water moving from the shoreline to areas inland

The state of the atmosphere, including temperature, pressure, and moisture, at a particular time and place

The long-term average (30+ years) of weather in a particular region

The natural process where greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere trap more of the Sun’s energy

A long-term increase in Earth’s average surface temperature

A long-term shift in temperatures and weather patterns in a region.

Continual global winds in latitudes north and south of the equator

A naturally occurring event that has the potential to cause harm to humans, their property, or the environment.

The point on the Earth’s surface directly above the earthquake’s focus (or hypocenter)

The location also known as the hypocenter where an earthquake rupture begins