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Weather Flashcards

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Drought

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A long period when there is little or no rain.

Ex: A severe drought has caused to ruin most of the wheat crops in California.

Ex: a drought is to blame for the lack of rainfall in many constant years.

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Avalanche

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A large mass of snow, ice, and rocks that falls down the side of a mountain.

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Hailstorm

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A storm when a lot of hail falls

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Tsunami

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An extremely large wave caused by violent movement of the earth under the sea

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Volcanic eruption

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An occasion when a volcano explodes, and flames and rocks come out of it

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Wildfire

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A fire that is burning strongly and out of control on an area of grass

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Summit

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Mountain peak

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Cliff

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A high area of rock with a very steep side

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Meadow

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A field with wild grass and flowers

Ex: There is a path through the meadow to the village

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Crater

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A round hole at the top of a volcano

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Plain

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A large area of flat dry land

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Mountain ridge

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A long area of high land at the top of a mountain

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Plateau

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A large area of flat land that is higher than the land around it

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Puddle

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A small pool of liquid on the ground from rain

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Pond

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An area of water smaller than a lake that is either natural or artificially made

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The eye of the hurricane

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The eye of a storm is roughly circular area

17
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Richter scale

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The richter scale measures the intensity of an earthquake

18
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Fault lines

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Fault lines are to blame for earthquakes

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Magnitude

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The large size
Ex: they don’t seem to grasp the magnitude of the problem

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Aftershock

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Suddenly movement of the earth’s surface
Ex: if you are feeling aftershock, you have just survived a strong earthquake

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Casualty

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A person injured in a serious accident
Ex: the train was derailed but there were no casualties

22
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Crust

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A hard outer covering of something
Ex: earthquakes are a result of the movement of ‘plates’ in the earth’s crust

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Play Havoc

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(Cause) Confusion or lack of order
Ex: natural disasters play havoc and wreck lives

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Forest ranger

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A person whose job is to protect a forest
Ex: forest rangers are constantly on guard for the first sign of a widfire

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Evacuate

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To move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe
Ex: Several families were evacuated to British

26
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Stream

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Small river
Ex: the stream was quite shallow so we were able to walk across it.

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Marsh (or swamp)

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Very wet, soft land
Ex: the Everglades is a large region of marsh land in Florida

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Glacier

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A large mass of ice that moves slowly

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Gulf

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A very large area of sea surrounded on three sides by a coast
Ex: warships are heading towards the gulf of Mexico

30
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Strait

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A narrow area of sea that connects two larger areas of sea.
Ex: the strait lies between the Atlantic ocean and the mediterranean sea

31
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Inlet

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A narrow channel of water that goes from a sea or lake into the land

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Blizzard
/‘blizrd/

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A sever snow storm with strong wind
- a raging blizzard

Ex: sever weather such as blizzard, hurricanes, flash flood can cause serious damage and the loss of life

Ex: A raging blizzard paralyzed the entire traffic of the city

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Bizarre

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very strange and unusuall
Ex: some of mother Nature’s forces are so bizarre and expected
- a bizarre situation

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Freaky or freakish

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Very unusual or unexpected in unpleasant or strange way
Ex: freaky forces of Nature

35
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Sweep

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To move especially quickly and powerfully
Ex: a tornado with wind speeds of 110km an hour can sweep away entire houses

36
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Derail

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To make a train come off the railway tracks
Ex: a tornado with wind speeds of more than 400km an hour has power to derail trains

37
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Tear

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To pull apart
Ex: a tornado tears grass from the ground

38
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Pavement

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A path with a hard surface on side of a road that people walk on
Ex: keep to the pavement, there’s good girl

39
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Come off

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  1. To fall from something
    Ex: a little boy has just fell his bicycle
  2. Come off well
    Ex: I though you came off well in a contest

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