Hurricanes: Earth's Mightiest Storms

What are some different names that are used around the world to refer to hurricanes?

• Powerful Wind, Rain, and Waves

• Cyclones, Whirly-Whirly, Typhoons

• Katrina, Maria, Jose

• Guatemala, Chile, Colombia

Like all storms, hurricanes take place in the atmosphere, which is...

• The sky of Puerto Rico, which is why the country was destroyed.

• The depths of the ocean (Deep waters)

• The nature of our planet earth

• The invisible envelope or layer of air that surrounds the earth.

A hurricane begins when warm air...

• Rises high into the atmosphere because of low pressure.

• Begins to create a great amount of humidity.

• Lowers to the ground from high in the atmosphere.

• Develops into a Tsunami

The storm clouds of a hurricane begins to rotate because...

• The winds of the atmosphere makes the storm clouds whirl.

• The movements of the ocean.

• The rotation of planet Earth

• Scientist do not know why this happens

A ________________Measures a hurricane's air pressure?

• hydrometer

• barometer

• anemometer

• thermometer

Calmest winds of a hurricane are in ...

• Eye wall

• The Eye of the hurricane

• Upper elevations

• Storm surge

Why do hurricanes have to have low pressure?

• because low pressure causes air to rise

• because low pressure causes air to sink

• because low pressure makes sea breezes used by the hurricane

• because high pressure causes air to rise

A hurricane rotates _____.

• Clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere

• Counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere

• In the direction of the wind currents of the atmosphere

• In the direction that the ocean movements are going

In order for a hurricane to form, the water must be ________.

• Cool

• Warm and Tropical

• Cold

• Hot

The center of a hurricane is called the ______.

• center
• brain
• eye
• circle