Hurricanes

Compare a hurricane to a car engine. What part of a hurricane's engine is like a car engine's exhaust fumes?

• Heat engine

• Fueled by warm humid air

• Eye wall cloud

• Condensation and rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Complete the diagram by matching the description to label C.

• Area of low pressure

• Cooled, more dense, air flowing down the column

• Hot, less dense, rising air

• Heat is trapped in the column by spinning winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Complete the diagram by matching the description to label D.

• Area of low pressure

• Cooled, more dense, air flowing down the column

• Hot, less dense, rising air

• Heat is trapped in the column by spinning winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the main benefit or function of a hurricane?

• trap excess heat energy from the tropics

• transfer light energy from the equator to the poles

• move excess heat energy from the tropics to the poles

• move limited heat energy from the tropics to the poles

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Why did the hurricane move from east to west?

• Polar easterly winds (90*-60*) will blow from east to west.

• Trade winds (30-60*) will blow from west to east.

• Prevailing winds (0*-30*) will blow from east to west.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Should an area of the United States be issued an alert?

• Yes, the storm will touch the U.S. coast within hours!

• No, the storm will not touch the U.S. coast within 48 hours, or 2 days.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What are the parts of a hurricane?

• The eye, the body, and the conclusion

• The eye, the nose and the mouth

• The eye, the eye wall, and the rain bands

• The Rain Bands, the clouds and the wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

How are hurricanes categorized by using ...

• The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale

• The Richter Scale

• The Scale Bar

• The hurricane scale bar

Which category is the strongest hurricane?

• 1

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 2

How fast do winds have to be before it is considered a hurricane?

• 50 mph

• 75 mph

• 100 mph

• 40 mph