Earthstorm: Hurricane Review Game

Hurricane Ida represented a dramatic threat towards which group?

• Residents of affected coastal areas

• Tourists in unaffected regions

• People living in desert regions

• Mountain climbers in the Himalayas

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Gabe and Jeff have been chasing hurricanes since:

• 2010

• 2005

• 2013

• 2020

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The windspeed of a category 5 hurricane is:

• 74-95 mph

• 96-110 mph

• 111-129 mph

• 157 mph or higher

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Hurricanes are known as _______ in the Indian Ocean.

• Cyclones

• Typhoons

• Tornadoes

• Monsoons

The hurricane that hit New Orleans 16 years prior to Ida’s expected landfall was:

• Hurricane Katrina

• Hurricane Harvey

• Hurricane Sandy

• Hurricane Irma

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

It is classified as what when the storm accelerates by more than 35 miles-per-hour of wind speed in 24 hours?

• Rapid intensification

• Tropical depression

• Storm surge

• Eye wall replacement

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The time it takes to evacuate the city safely is:

• 72 hours

• 30 minutes

• 1 day

• 10 hours

Wind forces increase with the ____________ of the wind speed.

• square

• cube

• square root

• logarithm

Hurricane Ida’s windspeed when it made landfall on August 29th (18:00) was:

• 150 mph

• 100 mph

• 120 mph

• 90 mph

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How many people were without power in Louisiana 16 hours after landfall?

• Over 1 million

• About 10,000

• Around 50,000

• Less than 1,000

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2