| A | B |
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| An Event that produces high winds upto 350mp, destroys forests and uproots vegetation | Hurricane |
| An Event that produces high winds that damage trees and excessive rain that drowns plants | Tornado |
| An event that produces excessive water drowning plants and washing essential minerals from soil | Floods |
| A community comprised of various organisms and environments | Ecosystem |
| Storm surge can be produced by | Hurricanes |
| If rainfall from a hurricane exceeds the drainage capacity of a city, parts of that city might | Flood |
| These are very high winds , but usually affect a smaller area of land compared to hurricane | Tornado |
| The amount of this is associated with a catstrophic event | Force |
| The force needed to spin the hurricane is called | Coriolis Force |
| These people learn and forecast the weather and intensity and path of hurricanes | Meteorologists |
| The catastrophic events can reshape the | topography |
| The calm, low pressure center of a hurricane . | Eye |
| The area surrounding the eye. It is dense and the strongest and most intense part of a hurricane. | Eye wall |
| A large surge of water near the coast. This causes the most damage. | Storm surge |
| The scale used to measure a hurricane's intensity. | Saffir Simpson Scale |
| Greater than 155 mph!! | Category 5 wind speed |
| Great Plains area where tornadoes occur most, NE, IA,KS,OK,TX | Tornado Alley |
| Not merely based on wind speed • Takes into account damage using set of 28 "damage indicators" • Also looks at "degree of damage" | Fujita Scale used |
| Is an alert issued by weather services to warn that severe thunderstorms with tornadoes may be imminent. | Tornado Warning |
| This is an alert issued when weather conditions are right for a tornado. | Tornado Watch |
