Science quiz reviewer(will be done on thursay)

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  • Tornado - Is a whirling, funnel-shaped column of air that forms in association with thunderstorms.
  • Tropical Cyclones - Are characterized by heavy rains and strong winds that form over warm ocean water.
  • Hurricane - When the wind speed reaches 120km/h the storm is called a hurricane. They usually form in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Northeast Pacific Ocean.
  • Tropical Depression - wind velocity of up to 61 km/h.
  • Tropical storm - wind velocity of 62 to 88 km/h.
  • Severe Tropical storm - wind velocity ranging from 89 to 117 km/h.
  • Super Typhoon - wind velocity of more than 220 km/h.
  • Thunderstorms - occur when masses of warm moist air near earths surface are rapidly pushed upward into cold dry layers.
  • Constellations - groups of stars that appear to form different shapes in the sky.
  • Asterisms - groups of stars that form smaller patterns but still belongs to a constellation .
  • Examples of asterisms - are Big Dipper and Little Dipper
  • Big Dipper - Part of the Ursa Major of Big Bear.
  • Little Dipper - Part of Ursa Minor.
  • Pointers - The two stars opposite the handle.
  • Orions belt - easy to find in the night sky and is best observed from november to february.
  • Star trails - The paths the stars take as they seem to move.