What's the difference between a tornado and a hurricane? Students will be fascinated by exciting videos about tidal waves, hurricanes, tornadoes, and lightning. In the interactive lab, they'll even analyze cyclone data, including maximum wind speed, location, and year of occurrence. Further research includes thunderhead clouds; hail; safety issues in violent weather; meteorologists; tsunamis and underground earthquakes; effects of violent weather on the surface of the earth and the environment; tools for studying weather; and lightning.
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