Cut-out cards Matching sheet

Print double-sided (flip on the long edge) and cut along the dashed lines. Fronts and backs line up.

Forces of Nature · Fronts · page 1

Hurricanes
Avalanche
Monsoon
Thunderstorm
Sleet
Cyclone
Hail
Ice

Forces of Nature · Backs · page 1

A slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (plural)
A storm resulting from strong rising air currents
Any wind that changes direction with the seasons
A violent rotating windstorm
Partially melted snow
Frozen water
Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents

Forces of Nature · Fronts · page 2

Blizzard
Rain
Volcanoes
Lightning
earthquakes
Typhoon
Sandstorm
flood

Forces of Nature · Backs · page 2

Water falling from clouds
A storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds
Abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission
Mountain that erupts with lava (plural)
A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans
Sudden shakings of the ground caused by movement within the Earth.
Light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam
A windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand

Forces of Nature · Fronts · page 3

waterspout
highwinds
Wildfires
Drought

Forces of Nature · Backs · page 3

A very strong ___ (plural)
A tornado passing over ___ and picking up a column of ___ and mist
A shortage of rainfall
A raging and rapidly spreading conflagration (plural)