Climatic Hazards Key Terms

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Tropical Storm
Low pressure storm with winds faster than 74mph
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Coriolis effect
The spin of the earth drags wind to the right in the Northern Hemisphere
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Trade Winds
Very contsant winds blowing east to west along the equator
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Hazard
An event that causes harm to people or surroundings
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Risk
The probability of an event happening
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Storm Surge
A hill of water created by low air pressure which travels to land under a tropical storm
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Air pressure
The weight of air at the ground surface
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Dirty wind
Wind along with any debris that's been picked up
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Levee/embankments
A ridge you build on either side of a river to hold more water
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Saffir - Simpson scale
The scale on which we measure tropical storms
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El Nino
The change in the ocean current between south America and Australia
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Irrigation
Artificially watering farm land
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The spin of the earth drags wind to the right in the Northern Hemisphere

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Coriolis effect

Card 3

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Very contsant winds blowing east to west along the equator

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Card 4

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An event that causes harm to people or surroundings

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Card 5

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The probability of an event happening

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