Hurricanes are tropical wind storms that move faster than 74 miles per hour.
Tropical wind storms can be referred to as a hurricane, typhoon, or cyclone. The name depends on where you live!
A hurricane is a large and powerful storm with strong winds that occurs over water.
True. Mountain goats moving around in unstable snow can cause avalanches to trigger.
Avalanches are often caused by skiers, snowmobilers, and even animals disturbing the snow.
An avalanche is caused by large amounts of snow, ice, dirt, and rocks that suddenly slide down a mountain.
A tsunami is dangerous when it approaches land. The waves slow down, but the wavelength decreases, the height increases, and the currents intensify.
Tsunami waves can rise over 100 feet high, which is as tall as a ten-story building!
Despite its high speed, a tsunami is not dangerous in deep water. A single wave is typically shorter, while its length can extend wider in the open ocean. This creates a less dangerous wave that usually passes unnoticed in deep water.
Scientists think they sense the ground vibrating through their feet. Scientists have observed ants grow tense, stop all activity within the colony, and meet up outside their ant mounds.
Earthquakes occur when a sudden and violent shaking of the ground occurs, resulting from volcanic action or movements within the earth’s crust.
Tropical cyclones take place in the south Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean.
Hurricanes happen in the Atlantic basin, which includes the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico.
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