Earth Science: Natural Hazards - Wild Weather/Shifting Plates

blizzard

• a heavy rain storm

• when there is heavy snow and winds blow faster than 35 miles an hour for more than 3 hours

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

condensation

• when a gas changes to a liquid

• when a gas changes to a solid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

convection current

• motion of a gas or liquid when the warmer parts rise and the colder parts sink

• motion of a gas or liquid when the warmer parts sink and the colder parts rise

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

evaporation

• when a liquid changes to a solid

• when a liquid changes to a gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

eye

• center of a hurricane where there are usually no clouds and no wind

• center of an earthquake where it shakes the most

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

eye wall

• thick circle of smoke that surrounds the eye of the hurricane

• thick circle of clouds that surrounds the eye of the hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

freezing rain

• when rain hits frozen things on Earth, causing an earthquake

• when rain hits frozen things on Earth, causing the rain to form a layer of ice

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

hurricane

• huge storm with heavy rain and wind speeds of 75 to 200 miles per hours

• huge storm with heavy snow and wind speeds of 50 miles per hour

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

lightning

• when an electric bolt dances in the sky

• when an electric bolt moves from a cloud to another cloud or to the ground

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

precipitation

• when water flows down in a waterfall or river

• when water or ice falls from the sky in the form of rain, hail, snow, or sleet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5