Hurricanes

What is a hurricane? Select all that apply.

• A storm in which a vast system of clouds, heavy rains and winds circle around a calm center.

• It originates in the cool waters of the tropics.

• It moves forward very quickly.

• It spins at more than 119 kilometers an hour.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What are hurricanes called in the Pacific Ocean?

Where does the word "hurricane" originate?

• A scientist named Reginald Hurry was the one to first spot one.

• Arawak Indians

• From the President at the time.

• Seminole Indians

How are hurricanes unlike other natural disasters?

• They start forming in warm waters

• They produce high force winds

• They provide a fair warning to people as they form.

• They can create new landforms in the earth.

What was the most noted way of watching for a hurricane before technology?

• an upswing of wind

• light drizzle

• hazy sun

• erratic flight of the frigate bird

What shape were the shelters that the Caribbean Island people would build to go to during a hurricane?

• triangular

• circular

• rectangular

• spherical

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

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What is the universal term for a hurricane and a typhoon?

Now the World Meteorological Organization uses __________ for hurricanes.

• only women names

• both men and women names

• only men names

• only names of Greek gods

The center of a hurricane is called a(n) _______.

True or false. Islanders can think that the storm is over when things calm down, but it actually only half over.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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