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Hurricanes and Tornadoes Tutorial:
See below:
http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordmlurn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags013fHurricanes and Tornadoes Tutorial
1. Go to the following website http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/
2. Click on Hurricanes
1-What is a Hurricane
1. Where does the word hurricane originate?
2. These storms are called __________ when they develop over the placeAtlantic Ocean or eastern Pacific. They are __________ when they form over the Bay of Bengal and the northern placeIndian Ocean, and they are ___________ when they develop in the western Pacific.
2-What causes Hurricanes?
1. Where and how do most Atlantic Hurricanes form?
2. Disturbances take energy from the _______ waters to grow into __________ _____________.
3. As this low pressure system intensifies and picks up speeds of ___ km/hour it becomes a ___________ _________________.
4. One the storm’s winds hit a speed of _____ km/hr, it becomes a ___________.
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1. Describe the three components of a hurricane
3-Explore a Hurricane
1. A hurricane’s life span can be anywhere from _____ day to several _______.
2. Because a hurricane is a low pressure system it will follow the Coriolis effect which forces winds towards a low in a _________________ rotation in the Northern Hemisphere and ____________________ in the Southern Hemisphere.
Click on the arrows and explore the 3-D Image.
4-Characteristics of a Hurricane
1. What kind of land catastrophes is associated with a hurricane?
2. The _____-to ____ km/hr ___________ of a hurricane can extend inland for hundreds of miles. The average hurricane drops more than 2.4 trillion gallons of ______/day.
3. The heavy rains can cause ______, flash floods, and __________.
4. What is the most dangerous part of a hurricane and what is its impact?
5. Storm surges can reach ___ meters tall. ____ out of _____ deaths are caused by storm surges.
Click on Change the Intensity
1. Meteorologists use the _________-Simpson hurricane damage potential to rank a hurricane’s intensity
2. Create a table that shows all the different Categories and record the Winds/Storm Surge and Damage below.
5-Effects of a Hurricane
1. Providing specific examples describe the effects of a hurricane.
6-Hurricane Prediction
1. Using specific examples describe how hurricanes are predicted.
7-Create a Hurricane
1. What kind of Ocean Temperature, Humidity and Pressure are required for a hurricane to develop? Explain why.
8-Do a little bit of research on the internet
Briefly describe the impact that the Hurricane Katrina disaster using
PEEPS (3 points of each element)
Here a couple of really cool flash presentations I found:
Go back to the original page and complete the Tornadoes Tutorial
Tornadoes
1-What is a Tornado?
1. What is a tornado and what does it look like (include a description of what a funnel is and what it sounds like)?
2. Which placecountry-regionU.S. state holds the record from most twisters?
2-What Causes Tornadoes?
1. What are supercells?
2. What is Tornado Alley? Make sure you can identify this on the map of the placecountry-regionU.S. (very popular on the provincial exam!)
3. When is Tornado Season? What month are twisters most violent? What time of day do most Tornadoes occur?
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1. How do tornadoes form? Provide a detailed description including terms such as updrafts, mesocyclone, funnel cloud
3-Characteristics of Tornadoes
1. Twisters are usually accompanied or preceded by severe _____________ and _____ ________. ______ is also common.
2. Describe the life of a tornado.
3. Massive tornadoes can move as fast as _____ km/hour. These are just estimations as very often ______________, which measure wind speed, cannot withstand the force.
4. What scale is used to measure a tornado?
5. Play around with the Fujita scale and the animation
Briefly describe what the damage is under each scale.
4-What damage do Tornadoes Do?
1. Providing specific examples describe the effects of a tornado.
5-How Are Tornadoes Forecasted?
1. Using specific examples describe how tornadoes are predicted.
6-Create a Tornado
1. Describe which air masses, pressure, and winds are needed for a hurricane to spawn. Explain why.
Rest of Class: Play the Stop Disasters (Hurricanes): http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/home.html
Quiz Tomorrow-Clouds/3 types of PPT/Hurricanes and Tornadoes
Vasilis Koutsonikas
Frank Hurt Secondary (BASES and Social Studies)
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