Catastrophic Events Storms

The movement of a liquid or a gas in a spiral around a central axis

a disturbance in the earth’s atmosphere that involves lightning and thunder (gusty winds, heavy rain, and hail)

the cloud that a thunderstorm is born from

rapidly rotating cloud that becomes visible as a funnel at the base of a thunder cloud

is a violent windstorm that spirals around a rotating column of air

is a massive, rotating storm that originates over tropical oceans and has sustained winds of more than 74 mph.

a hurricane that forms north of the equator in the Western Pacific Ocean

a hurricane that forms in the Indian Ocean

is the center of the hurricane

The scale used to measure the intensity of hurricanes.

The scale used to measure the intensity of tornadoes

Scientists who study the earth’s atmosphere and forecast the weather

Scientists who study the history and structure of the earth through rocks

Scientists who study earthquakes

Scientists who study volcanoes