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Thunderstorms |
A disturbance in the earth's atmosphere that involves lightning, thunder, and sometimes gusty surface winds with heavy rain and hail. |
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Tornado |
A violent windstorm that spirals around a rotating column of air [the vortex] and mass in a narrow path over land. |
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Hurricane |
A massive rotating storm that forms north of the equator in the Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Pacific Ocean, or Caribean Sea when warm air rises over tropical water. Has wind speeds of 119 kilometers per hours or more. |
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Cyclone |
A massive, rotating storm that forms in the Indian Ocean and off the coast of Australia. It is equivalent to a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Pacific Ocean, or Caribean Sea. |
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Typhoon |
A massive rotating storm that forms north of the equator in the western Pacific Ocean. It is equivalent to a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean Eastern Pacific Ocean, or Caribean Sea. |
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Geologist |
A scientist who studies the history and structure of the earth as it is recorded in rocks |
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Siesmologist |
A scientist who studies earthquakes |
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Volcanologist |
A scientist who studies volocanoes and volcanic phenomena |
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meteorologist |
A scientist who studies the earth's atmosphere and who monitors, studies, and forecasts weather |
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Hypothesis |
the prediction |
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Procedure |
The steps that everyone must follow to set up and complete the lab. |
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Experimental variable |
The one factor that is changed |
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control variable |
What makes the test fair the factors that are controlled and stay the same |
