Weather Flashcards
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What is extreme weather?
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Extreme weather is severe or unusual weather conditions.
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What is weather?
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The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place.
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What types of impacts can extreme weather have
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Social, economic, environmental.
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What is a tornado?
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A tornado is a violent rotating column of air that moves across the ground in a narrow path.
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What scale is used to classify the damage caused by tornadoes?
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The Fujita Scale.
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What are the types of flooding?
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Fluvial, groundwater, tidal
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What is fluvial flooding?
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When rivers burst their banks and cause a flood.
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What is groundwater flooding?
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Where the ground is so waterlogged that it can’t absorb any more and therefore floods.
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What is tidal flooding?
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Flooding caused by tidal waves.
