Ocean Systems

What happens when a hurricane makes landfall?

• Weakens
• Picks up sped
• Have stronger winds
• Smaller storm surge

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What causes hurricanes to form

• Warm air from the equator mixes with cold air from the poles
• Two warm fronts meet over the ocean
• Winds circulate around a cool column of air
• Warm rising air and circulating winds

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Why do most hurricanes occur between June and November?

• That is when the winds are strongest.
• Water in the Atlantic ocean is warmest
• Coriolis effect is strongest
• Currents around the equator are strongest 

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Where does the Storm Start?

• Over Cold Water

• Over Antartica

• Over Warm Water

• Overseas

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This diagram is missing labels!  Where should the correct labels go?

• Black arrow="Cold Air" because less dense air is rising
• White arrows="Hot Air" because less dense air is sinking
• White arrows="Cold Air" because more dense air is sinking
• Black arrow= "hot air" because more dense air is rising

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Hot air rises because...

• it is less dense
• it is heavier
• it is more dense
• it contains Helium

The process the causes plate tectonics, wind, and ocean currents is known as...

• Radiation
• Conduction
• Nuclear Energy
• Convection

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A hurricane forms over the Atlantic Ocean. When it hits land and comes ashore, its wind speed decrease significantly.  This happens because the hurricane:

• gains more water from the flooded land than the ocean
• meets a land breeze
• meets a stronger hurricane moving from land
• no longer gains energy from warm ocean water

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What is the source for warming up ocean water?

• the sun
• water movement
• wind
• fish peeing in the ocean water

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

• Cool
• Warm
• Cold
• Hot

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