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Vocab Hurricanes Tornados Teacher’s Choice Hodge Podge 10 20 30 40 50
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Vocab - 10 A weather system that has wind speeds of at least 119 kilometers per hour
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Vocab– 10 Hurricane
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Vocab- 20 The ocean water that a hurricane can push onto land
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Vocab– 20 storm surge
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Vocab- 30 A low air pressure air mass with storms that have winds that begin to spin over warm water
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Vocab– 30 tropical depression
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Vocab- 40 A hurricane keeps the name it was given when it became a ___________
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Vocab– 40 tropical storm
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Vocab- 50 Particles of air can spin in a spiral pattern called a _______
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Vocab– 50 vortex
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Hurricanes- 10 Where do most hurricanes occur?
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Hurricanes– 10 in the tropics, near the equator
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Hurricanes- 20 What do hurricane models predict?
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Hurricanes– 20 the path of a hurricane
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Hurricanes-- 30 Describe the conditions in the eye of a hurricane
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Hurricanes– 30 winds are gentle, and there is no rain
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Hurricanes-- 40 What damage can occur from a storm surge?
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Hurricanes– 40 increase in flooding
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Hurricanes- 50 A computer model can predict what 3 things about a hurricane?
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Hurricanes– 50 its strength, speed, and direction
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Tornados- 10 What is the center of a tornado called?
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Tornados- 10 vortex
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Tornados- 20 What should a person do when a tornado warning is given?
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Tornados- 20 Immediately take cover in a safe location, such as a basement
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Tornados- 30 What is the scale called that scientists use to classify tornados?
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Tornados- 30 Fujita Scale
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Tornados- 40 What data do scientists use to classify tornados on the Fujita Scale?
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Tornados- 40 amount of damage and wind speed
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Tornados- 50 How much wind speed would a tornado need to produce in order to be considered an F5?
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Tornados- 50 over 419 km per hour
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Teacher’s Choice- 10 In many hurricanes, _______ causes the worst damage.
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Teacher’s Choice- 10 water
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Teacher’s Choice- 20 What category hurricane would a storm be considered if it were to have wind speeds of 200 km per hour?
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Teacher’s Choice- 20 Category 3
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Teacher’s Choice- 30 In what two seasons do the most hurricanes occur?
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Teacher’s Choice- 30 spring and summer
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Teacher’s Choice- 40 Name at least two tools that scientists use to help them predict severe weather systems
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Teacher’s Choice- 40 Sample answer – Quik Scat satellite, Doppler Radar, special planes, hurricane models
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Teacher’s Choice- 50 List two states which are considered part of Tornado Alley in the US
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Teacher’s Choice- 50
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Hodge Podge -10 Describe two ways that tornados cause damage
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Hodge Podge - 10 sample answer – they destroy everything in their path including homes, building, and cars
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Hodge Podge - 20 Describe two ways that hurricanes cause damage
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Hodge Podge - 20 sample answer – flooding, mudslides, destroy homes
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Hodge Podge - 30 How are tornados and hurricanes similar?
both last a long time both have dangerous winds both classified on the Fujita Scale both form in a single thunderstorm
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Hodge Podge - 30 b) both have dangerous winds
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Hodge Podge - 40 Where does a tropical storm get its energy?
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Hodge Podge - 40 warm ocean water
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Hodge Podge - 50 Name the three stages of hurricane development in order
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Hodge Podge - 50 tropical depression tropical storm hurricane
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