Nature
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
t
e
s
Tall plants with trunks and leaves
2.
f
l
o
w
r
Colorful blooms that grow on plants
3.
c
o
d
s
A visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude (plural)
4.
t
r
n
d
o
Spinning funnel of wind that touches the ground
5.
t
h
d
e
r
A booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning
6.
l
g
h
t
i
n
Abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission
7.
f
l
o
The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
8.
h
u
r
r
n
e
A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots
9.
t
s
a
m
i
A cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption
10.
r
i
n
Water falling from clouds
11.
a
n
m
a
s
Living things like dogs and birds
12.
i
s
e
c
s
Small air-breathing arthropod (plural)
13.
f
o
r
t
Large area covered with trees
14.
d
s
e
r
Dry land with very little rain
15.
e
a
t
h
u
k
e
Shaking and vibration at the surface of the ___ resulting from underground movement along a fault
16.
l
a
d
s
i
d
A slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
17.
s
l
t
Partially melted snow
18.
s
n
w
Frozen flakes that fall in winter
19.
f
i
r
Hot flames that burn
21.
b
i
r
Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (plural)
22.
g
r
a
Green plant covering lawns
23.
t
s
t
e
r
A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by
24.
d
u
s
d
i
l
A miniature whirlwind strong enough to whip ___ and leaves and litter into the air