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Class: GEOL 1302 - PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY (C); Subject: Geology; University: El Paso Community College; Term: Fall 2014;
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Caused by Earths rotation, makes air change directions TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 Friction between air masses TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 No, warm fronts rise above cold fronts. TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 HIgh Rain high temperature TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 a scale for rating tornado intensity, based primarily on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation.
Clockwise TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 An electrical discharge TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 boundary between two air masses TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 Formed during the process of cyclogenesis when a cold front overtakes a warm front. TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low- pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain.
A rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low- pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain. TERM 17
DEFINITION 17 Also called barometric pressure, is the pressure exerted by the weight of air in the atmosphere of Earth. TERM 18
DEFINITION 18 Disasters caused by extreme weather TERM 19
DEFINITION 19 WindThunderstorm and lightingHailTornadoesCoastal HazardsHurricanesCoastal ErosionTsunamisLand Subsidence TERM 20
DEFINITION 20 In-cloud lightning
The biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the Earth. TERM 22
DEFINITION 22 Large landmass TERM 23
DEFINITION 23 HurricanesLightningTornadoesTropicalStormsHailstorms TERM 24
DEFINITION 24 Faults/quakesGround shakingLateral SpreadingLiquefactionTsunamis TERM 25
DEFINITION 25 Forest FireGasesSavannah
The Division of Emergency Managment TERM 32
DEFINITION 32 Focuses on avoiding human hazards, natural disasters or terrorist attacks. TERM 33
DEFINITION 33 Fire safety Lab and Research safety Occupational Safety Environmental compliance TERM 34
DEFINITION 34 Crime Prevention Traffic Safety TERM 35
DEFINITION 35 General health and wellness Mental health Health Promotions
Structural mitigation Non structural mitigation TERM 37
DEFINITION 37 a.Retrofitting of existing structures. TERM 38
DEFINITION 38 Non-structural mitigation TERM 39
DEFINITION 39 a.Preventionb.property protectionc. natural resource protectiond.public information
