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Wild, Wicked Hurricanes Vocabulary
Wild, Wicked Hurricanes Vocabulary
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Vocabulary quiz on words from an article about hurricanes written by Erin Ryan.
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What words means a wall or embankment that holds ocean water away from a city?
coastline
evacuate
equator
levee
2
Which word means to break apart and reduce in strength?
dissipate
evacuate
hurricane
levee
3
What means an area where the ocean meets the shore?
coastline
hurricane
evacuate
levee
4
What words means a pilot who flies airplanes through hurricanes to measure the wind speed?
equator
tropical depression
tropical storm
hurricane hunter
5
What means to be forced to leave a home because of danger?
equator
dissipate
levee
evacuate
6
What word means a giant wind & rain storm over warm water with winds between 74 & 155 mph?
tropical depression
tropical storm
hurricane
tornado
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Which is a spinning storm that is less than 1 mile wide & winds possibly over 300 mph?
dissipate
hurricane
tornado
tropical storm
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Which is an imaginary line around the center of the Earth?
dissipate
coastline
levee
equator
