Hurricanes

In what areas of the world do hurricanes form?

• Warm ocean waters
• Polar ocean waters
• On lakes and rivers
• Over the central plains of the U.S

Calmest winds of a hurricane

• Eye wall
• Eye
• Upper elevations
• Storm surge

How many categories of hurricanes

• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Storm with sustained wind speeds of 74+ mph

• Thunder storm
• Tropical depression
• Tropical storm
• Hurricane

What is usually the most damaging part of a hurricane?

• Eye
• Lightning
• Storm surge
• Hail

When do hurricanes usually develop?

• January through April
• September through October
• June through November
• January through June

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Where are the highest winds in the hurricane found?

• at the extreme outside, because they have to move faster the further they are from the middle
• in the center, called the eye of the hurricane
• in the storm surge of the hurricane
• in the eyewall of the hurricane

Why does cold water or land cause a hurricane to weaken?

• because the high pressure of the hurricane can't handle the cold water from a low pressure system
• because the land always cools faster than the ocean
• because the land breeze shreds the hurricane
• because they cut off the energy supply to the hurricane

Before it becomes a hurricane, it is called a

• tropical cyclone
• tropical typhoon
• tropical depression
• tropical storm surge

Where do the hurricanes that hit the US form?

• in warm water of the western Pacific ocean off the coast of South America
• in the warm water of a La Nina
• in the warm Atlantic water off the western coast of Africa
• in the warm Atlantic water off the coast of Hawaii