WG EOC vocabulary part 2

islands created from coral

• landform

• atoll

• glacier

• peninsula

 a specific physical feature of the Earth’s surface

• biome

• climate

• landform

• erosion

large goodies of ice that move across the surface of the earth

• atoll

• volcano

• hurricane

• glacier

a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.

• island

• tsunami

• cape

• peninsula

Mount St. Helen erupted sending rock, ash, and lava into the environment. What type of landform is Mount St. Helen?

• glacier

• volcano

• desertification

• mountain

Maya is planning a trip to southern and eastern Asia. Maya is aware of a phenomenon where seasonal winds bring moist air in the summer and dry air in the winter. What is this phenomenon called?

• taiga

• indigenous

• tornado

• monsoon

A severe weather condition characterized by powerful, spiraling winds and often associated with a funnel-shaped cloud

• hurricane

• blizzard

• tornado

• earthquake

water condenses to the point the air cannot hold it anymore clouds get heavy and water falls to the earth as rain, hail, sleet or snow

• precipitation

• desalination

• atoll

• biomes

Japanese term used for a huge sea wave caused by undersea earthquake

• tornado

• tsunami

• monsoon

• biomes

a large, powerful windstorm that forms over warm oceans (Atlantic Ocean)

• tornado

• hurricane

• monsoon

• taiga