Cyclones
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. rain
A. The end of life
2. moisture
B. Low in temperature; also a sniffly illness
3. satellite
C. How fast something moves
4. wind
D. A cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption
5. air
E. A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots
6. tsunami
F. Man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
7. storm
G. Moving air
8. warm
H. A land mass that is surrounded by water (plural)
9. death
I. To do away with, cause the ___ or undoing of
10. tropics
J. Having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
11. warning
K. A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by
12. cold
L. A swift whirling motion
13. twister
M. Rolling swells on the sea
14. clouds
N. A mixture of gases required for breathing
15. calm
O. Having strength or power greater than average or expected
16. eye
P. Water falling from clouds
17. speed
Q. Bad weather with strong wind and rain
18. cyclone
R. Either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator (plural)
19. waves
S. Wind moving at less than 1 knot
20. spin
T. An area that is approximately central within some larger region
21. hurricane
U. A message informing of danger
22. destroy
V. A violent rotating windstorm
23. islands
W. A visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude (plural)
24. strong
X. Wetness caused by water