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correct sentence:People use an instrument called a barometer to measure air pressure. Changes in air pressure happen when changes in the weather occur.
Correct answer: (a) barometer
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correct sentence:People use a thermometer to measure fluctuating temperatures. This instrument is made up of a glass tube with mercury in it that changes as the temperature rises or falls.
Correct answer: (b) thermometer
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correct sentence:A hurricane is a strong, oceanic storm that usually rotates over water and occurs in the United States and other parts of the Atlantic region.
Correct answer: (a) hurricane
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correct sentence:A typhoon is a tropical, strong, oceanic storm that rotates over water and occurs in Asia and other parts of the Northwest Pacific region.
Correct answer: (b) typhoon
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correct sentence:When there is heavy rainfall and the majority of rain falls during a particular season in large parts of Asia, this is called a monsoon season.
Correct answer: (b) monsoon
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correct sentence:An earthquake is caused by a sudden shift in a fault line in the earth's crust. The earth moves and shakes and can cause huge amounts of damage and death.
Correct answer: (c) earthquake
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correct sentence:A tsunami is made up of giant waves that can travel for many miles across the ocean and often destroy buildings and kill wildlife and people.
Correct answer: (b) tsunami
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correct sentence:A flood occurs when large amounts of rain fall and rising water overflows onto normally dry land.
Correct answer: (b) flood
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correct sentence:A tornado is a violent and destructive windstorm that occurs on land. You can identify these by funnel-shaped clouds that form and point toward the ground.
Correct answer: (b) tornado
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correct sentence:An avalanche is a slide of large amounts of snow, ice and/or mud down a mountain that can cover huge areas of land and even bury people and wildlife in the process.
Correct answer: (b) avalanche
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