Introduction to Typhoons Exit Ticket

Why do typhoons form over the ocean and not over land?

• Land is too hot for typhoons.

• Typhoons need warm ocean water for energy.

• Oceans are calmer than land.

• Land has too many mountains.

What happens when a typhoon passes over mountains like the Sierra Madre?

• It gets stronger.

• It stays the same.

• It gets weaker.

• It moves faster.

What effect do cool ocean waters have on typhoons?

• make typhoons stronger

• make typhoons change direction

• make typhoons weaker

• stop typhoons from forming forever

How do mountain ranges “protect” some areas from typhoons?

• absorb the rain

• act like shields that block or deflect the winds

• stop the ocean from moving

• make new typhoons form

What happens to a typhoon after it crosses the land and goes back to the warm ocean?

• disappears completely

• slows down forever

• changes into a hurricane

• get stronger again