Vocabulary Unit 10

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Earthquakes

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Types of Weather

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Vocabulary 1 Unit 10

AVALANCHE: Large mass of snow that slides down the side of a violent mountain and crashing down, dragging with it everything in its path.

FLOOD: an overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is normally dry land.

STORM CHASING: Storm chasing is broadly defined as the intentional pursuit of a thunderstorm, regardless of motive.

EARTHQUAKE: a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.

SHAKING: (of a structure or area of land) tremble or vibrate. Move (an object) up and down or from side to side with rapid, forceful, jerky movements.

DUST STORM: a strong, turbulent wind that carries clouds of fine dust, soil, and sand over a large area.

WIND: the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.

CLOUDS: a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.

WEATHER CONDITION: the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation.

HURRICANE: a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.

SMOKE: a visible suspension of carbon or other particles in air, typically one emitted from a burning substance.

THUNDER: a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air.

TORNADO: a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.

TSUNAMI: a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.

VOLCANIC ERUPTION: the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material.

WAVE: a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.

AVALANCHE: Large mass of snow that slides down the side of a violent mountain and crashing down, dragging with it everything in its path.