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Weather Test (7)
1.People use an instrument called a to measure air
pressure. Changes in air pressure happen when changes
in the weather occur.

barometer
kilometer
thermometer
2.People use a to measure fluctuating
temperatures. This instrument is made up of a glass tube
with mercury in it that changes as the temperature rises or
falls.

barometer
thermometer
hectare
3.A is a strong, oceanic storm that usually rotates
over water and occurs in the United States and other parts
of the Atlantic region.

hurricane
tornado
flood
4.A is a tropical, strong, oceanic storm that rotates
over water and occurs in Asia and other parts of the
Northwest Pacific region.

tornado
typhoon

hurricane
5.When there is heavy rainfall and the majority of rain falls
during a particular season in large parts of Asia, this is
called a season.

tornado
monsoon
earthquake
6.An is caused by a sudden shift in a fault line in the
earth's crust. The earth moves and shakes and can cause
huge amounts of damage and death.

typhoon
tornado
earthquake
7.A is made up of giant waves that can travel for
many miles across the ocean and often destroy buildings
and kill wildlife and people.

typhoon
tsunami
tornado
8.A occurs when large amounts of rain fall and
rising water overflows onto normally dry land.

tornado
flood
earthquake
9.A is a violent and destructive windstorm that
occurs on land. You can identify these by funnel-shaped

clouds that form and point toward the ground.

hurricane
tornado
tsunami
10.An is a slide of large amounts of snow, ice and/or
mud down a mountain that can cover huge areas of land
and even bury people and wildlife in the process.

typhoon
avalanche
hurricane