Hurricane Motion

Since 1990, meteorologists have regularly used _______ to track hurricanes.

• ship reports

• airplanes

• satellite images

• storm chasers

Wind speed is measured in _____

• miles per hour

• knots

• millibars

• cloud cover

______ is the force of air on a surface and is measured in millibars.

• air pressure

• Coriolis effect

• eye

• knot

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The Coriolis effect _____

• causes moving objects to curve clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere

• causes moving objects to curve counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere

• causes moving objects to curve depending on what hemisphere they are in

• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Rain, sleet, snow, hail and mist or any type of water that falls to Earth's surface

• air pressure

• tropical storm

• precipitation

• sun shower

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This is the warm and calm center of a hurricane:

• the middle

• the nucleus

• the heart

• the eye

Someone who studies weather and Earth's atmosphere:

• icthyologist

• ornithologist

• weathergirl

• meteorologist

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Hurricanes form when:

• an area of high pressure forms over cold water

• an area of low pressure forms over hot water

• an area of high pressure forms over warm water

• an area of low pressure forms over warm water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Where does the lightest rainfall occur in a hurricane?

• on the outside

• just between the center and the outside

• in the core or the center

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Where does the heaviest rainfall occur in a hurricane?

• on the outside

• just between the center and the outside

• in the center or core