Forces of Nature
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. Hurricanes
A. Partially melted snow
2. Avalanche
B. A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans
3. Monsoon
C. A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (plural)
4. Thunderstorm
D. Abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission
5. Sleet
E. A tornado passing over ___ and picking up a column of ___ and mist
6. Cyclone
F. Mountain that erupts with lava (plural)
7. Hail
G. Any wind that changes direction with the seasons
8. Ice
H. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
9. Blizzard
I. A raging and rapidly spreading conflagration (plural)
10. Rain
J. Frozen water
11. Volcanoes
K. A windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
12. Lightning
L. Water falling from clouds
13. earthquakes
M. Sudden shakings of the ground caused by movement within the Earth.
14. Typhoon
N. Light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam
15. Sandstorm
O. A violent rotating windstorm
16. flood
P. A shortage of rainfall
17. waterspout
Q. A storm resulting from strong rising air currents
18. highwinds
R. A storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds
19. Wildfires
S. A very strong ___ (plural)
20. Drought
T. A slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain