Effects of Warm Water on Hurricane Formation

What is the “fuel” that “feeds” a hurricane

• cold air
• dry air
• warm and moist air
• warm and dry air

What are conditions like in the eye of the hurricane?

• Very rainy
• Very windy
• Calm and possibly sunny
• Cloudy and humid

In general, surface currents that flow from the tropics toward the poles carry ______________ water.

• warm
• cold
• fresh
• oxbow lake

The Gulf Stream  ____________ nearby land areas.

• cools
• causing freezing in
• warms
• causes rain in 

A surface current effects the  ________________ of nearby land.

• climate
• daily temperature
• winds
• toast

Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B

The Gulf Stream is a ______ current that carries water from the ______ to the North Atlantic Ocean.

• cold, Tropics
• warm, Tropics
• cold, Mexico
• warm, South America

Analyze the image. The red arrows represent warm water rising and the blue arrows represent cold water sinking. What type of heat transfer is responsible for this movement?

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

Analyze the image. What could explain why certain parts of the ocean have warmer temperatures?

• the uneven heating of the Earth's surface
• the rising of cold air and the sinking of warm air
• hurricanes

Why do hurrricanes form in late summer months?

• They get mad because kids go back to school
• The Coriolis Effect 
• Warm Ocean Temperatures
• The Doldrums of the Equator