Vocabulary - Weather Conditions
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STUDENT RESOURCE 10.1
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hurricane a very large and violent
thunderstorm a storm with lightning,
tropical storm
thunder, rain, and sometimes hail
Hurricanes begin as thunderstorms
Severe thunderstorms can spawn
over tropical ocean water and gain
tornadoes.
energy from warm, moist, rising air.
tornado a dark funnel of strong winds
lightning the sudden discharge of static
that spiral upward
electricity in the atmosphere
Tornadoes form during severe
Lightning can occur within a cloud,
thunderstorms, when warm, moist
between clouds, and between a cloud
air rises, and cool air from different
and the ground.
directions rushes in and begins rotating.
thunder the rumbling or crackling sound
produced by lightning
Because light travels faster than
sound, you will often hear a clap of
thunder after you see the lightning fl ash
that produced it.
WEATHER AND WATER • SECTION 10 THUNDERSTORMS, TORNADOES, AND HURRICANES
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