Cyclones
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. rain
A. Wind moving at less than 1 knot
2. moisture
B. Bad weather with strong wind and rain
3. satellite
C. A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots
4. wind
D. Wetness caused by water
5. air
E. A message informing of danger
6. tsunami
F. A cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption
7. storm
G. Moving air
8. warm
H. Having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
9. death
I. A visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude (plural)
10. tropics
J. Either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator (plural)
11. warning
K. How fast something moves
12. cold
L. A mixture of gases required for breathing
13. twister
M. Man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
14. clouds
N. To do away with, cause the ___ or undoing of
15. calm
O. A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by
16. eye
P. The end of life
17. speed
Q. Having strength or power greater than average or expected
18. cyclone
R. An area that is approximately central within some larger region
19. waves
S. A land mass that is surrounded by water (plural)
20. spin
T. A swift whirling motion
21. hurricane
U. A violent rotating windstorm
22. destroy
V. Water falling from clouds
23. islands
W. Rolling swells on the sea
24. strong
X. Low in temperature; also a sniffly illness