Vocabulary Unit 4

Inward spinning system of clouds and powerful winds formed in the SOUTHERN Hemisphere's oceans.

• Cyclone

• Dam

• Desertification

• Earthquake

A barrier constructed to hold back water

• Tornado

• El Nino

• Modifcations

• Dam

When lush land becomes like a desert because of drought or deforestation.

• Adaptations

• Deforestation

• Desertification

• Tropical Storms

Natural events that cause damage and possible death.

• El Nino

• Levees

• Global warming

• Natural Disasters

Shaking of the ground caused by tectonic plate movement.

• Earthquake

• Tornado

• Latitude

• Volcanoes

A funnel shaped cloud that rotate violently leaving path of destruction.

• Tornado

• Volcanoes

• Tsunamis

• Tropical Storms

Ridge built to prevent overflow of a river.

• Flood

• Satellite

• Dam

• Levee

A mountain that has erupted, spewing lava and rock fragments into the air.

• El Nino

• Tornado

• Volcano

• Earthquake

Climate pattern where there is an unusual warming of the surface water in the Pacific Ocean.

• El Nino

• Monsoons

• Flood

• Tsunami

Overflowing amount of water

• Tsunami

• Flood

• Hurricane

• Tropical Storm