Science Studies Weekly Week 5 Natural Disasters Vocabulary

A storm with very strong winds (up to 300 mph) that form a cloud-shaped funnel.

• hurricane

• tornado

• tsunmi

• windspeed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A very large, often destructive sea wave caused by a marine earthquake or volcanic explosion.

• seismograph

• tsunami

• tornado

• hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The speed of the weather related air movement from one place to the next.

• tornado

• windspeed

• Richter scale

• Saffir-Simpson scale

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

An instrument used to measure and record the strength of earthquakes.

• Richter scale

• Saffir-Simpson scale

• earthquake

• seismograph

A number scale from 1-10 that is used to measure the intensity of an earthquake.

• Saffir-Simpson scale

• Richter scale

• seismograph

• storm surge

A powerful storm with heavy rains and winds that blow in a circle at 73 mph or more and forms over water.

• tornado

• hurricane

• storm surge

• earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

An often dangerous rise in sea level that accompanies a storm, particularly a hurricane.

• storm surge

• flood

• earthquake

• hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A shaking or other movement of part of the earth's surface.

• tsunami

• earthquake

• storm surge

• hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A 1-5 rating based only on a hurricane's maximum sustained wind speed.

• Saffir-Simpson scale

• seismograph

• Richter scale

• tsunami

Hurricanes with a maximum sustained wind speed of 96-110 mph is considered a category ______.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 5