Cyclones
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
r
Water falling from clouds
2.
m
r
Wetness caused by water
3.
s
t
e
Man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
5.
t
n
A cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption
6.
s
Bad weather with strong wind and rain
7.
w
Having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
9.
t
i
Either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator (plural)
10.
w
n
A message informing of danger
11.
c
Low in temperature; also a sniffly illness
12.
t
s
A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by
13.
c
d
A visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude (plural)
14.
c
Wind moving at less than 1 knot
15.
s
How fast something moves
16.
c
o
A violent rotating windstorm
17.
w
Rolling swells on the sea
18.
s
A swift whirling motion
19.
h
c
n
A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots
20.
d
t
To do away with, cause the ___ or undoing of
21.
i
s
A land mass that is surrounded by water (plural)
22.
s
n
Having strength or power greater than average or expected