| ____1.
Gulf Stream |
A. The pressure excerted
by the earth's atmosphere at any given point. |
|
____2.
Eye
|
B. A violent rotating
windstorm. |
| ____3.Category
4 |
C.The process by which
a gas or vapor changes to a liquid. |
| ____4.cyclone
|
D. The transfer of heat
by the mass movement of heated particles into an area of cooler
fluid. |
| ____5.millibar
|
E. A strong hurricane
with winds from 111-130 miles per hour and a storm surge of 9-12
feet. A hurricane in this category will cause extensive to small
damage. |
| ____6.Vortex
|
F.
A hurricane that causes extreme damage to everything. The wind strength
is between 131-155 miles per hour and the storm surge is from 13-18
feet. |
| ____7.Tropical
Depression |
G. A very calm area at
the center of the hurricane. The eye usually has very few clouds
or wind and is about 20 miles in diameter. Around the eye there
are storm clouds called wall clouds. Within these clouds are the
strongest winds and rains of the hurricane. |
| ____8.
Category
3 |
H. A violent tropical
storm with winds in excess of 74 miles per hour. The term hurricane
is used for tropical storms |
| ____9.convection
current |
I. A unit of atmospheric
pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar; "atmospheric pressure
at sea level is 1013 millibars" |
| ____10.Trade
Winds |
J. A tropical cyclone
occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans. |
| ____11.Storm
Surge |
K. A rotating column of
air ranging in width from a few yards to more than a mile and whirling
at destructively high speeds, usually accompanied by a funnel-shaped
downward extension of a cumulonimbus cloud. |
| ____12.condensation
|
L. A spiral motion of
fluid within a limited area, especially a whirling mass of water
or air that sucks everything near it toward its center. |
| ____13.Atmospheric
Pressure |
M. A western current
in the Northern Atlantic. The Gulf Stream carries warm water north
and northeastward along the eastern coast of the United States.
|
| ____14.Typhoon
|
N. Tropical cyclones that
have a maximum wind speed of less than 39 mph near the surface of
the ocean. |
| ____15.Tornado |
O. Winds blowing mainly
from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast
in the Southern Hemisphere. |
| ____16.hurricane
|
P. A huge "dome" of ocean
water that can be 20 feet tall and 50 to 100 miles wide. |
