vocab

4. a warm ocean current of variable intensity that develops after late December along the coast of Ecuador and Peru and sometimes causes catastrophic weather conditions.
6. a form of psychotherapy in which the patient receives abrupt and intense, rather than gradual, exposure to a fear-producing situation.
7. dry weather conditions
9. tropical area that is warm and wet
13. humid condition; moistness; dampness.
15. state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.

1. unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
2. rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.
3. a potentially violent and destructive system of atmospheric circulation, characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris
5. any large fire that spreads rapidly and is hard to extinguish.
8. is the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years.
10. cold weather conditions
11. climate that is warm and humid
12. a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
14. a tropical cyclone of the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or eastern Pacific Ocean, having sustained wind speeds of at least 64 knots