Unit 3 DTQ 4 Extreme Weather

The eye is a calm spot in the hurricane. True or False?

• True

• False

A hurricane forms in ________ water

• Warm

• Cold

• Low

• High

What are hurricanes?

• Just a ton of water in the air

• Every day storms

• A dangerous storm made of strong winds and rain

• A storm made from the sand at the beach

What is this?

• flood

• hail

• thunderstorm

• blizzard

How do we know that Atlantic hurricanes mostly happen between June and November?

• patterns of past hurricanes
• hurricanes in other places
• weather forecasts
• looking at ocean waves

Which of these are ways that humans can deal with extreme weather?

• predict it
• prepare for it
• use engineering solutions
• all of the above

Which type of extreme weather is most common in the middle of the USA?

• hurricanes
• tornadoes
• heat waves
• earthquakes

What is the calm area in the center of a hurricane called?

• wall

• arm

• eye

• hole

Tropical cyclones are called different names in different places. Tropical cyclones found in the northwestern Pacific are called..

• Typhoon

• Cyclonic storm

• Hurricane

• Willy-will

What is a levee?

• A levee is a name for an animal that loves water.

• A support wall in your house

• A levee is a wall built to help prevent floods.

• A levee is a structure built to cause flooding.