Name ______________________________________________________

Questions about Hurricanes!

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1. What is the definition of a hurricane, typhoon, and tropical cyclone?

a. Hurricane: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

b. Typhoon: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

c. Tropical Cyclone: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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2. Name and describe the 3 parts of a hurricane.

a. __________________________;________________________________________________________________________________________________________

b. _________________________;_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

c. ________________________;__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Describe when each of the 4 weather alerts are given and what the conditions of the storm are at the time.

a. Tropical Strom Watch: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

b. Tropical Storm Warning: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

c. Hurricane Watch: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

d. Hurricane Warning: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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4. How many categories are there in the Saffir-Simpson scale? _______________________________________________________________________

5. A hurricane was described as a 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. What does this mean? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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6. When and where was the worst hurricane in the United States? How many people died in that hurricane? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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7. When is the Atlantic Hurricane season? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. Globally, when is the most active month? Least active? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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9. What will be the name of the first tropical storm in the Atlantic and Caribbean in the year 2005? _______________________________________________________________________

10. What will be the name of the last tropical storm during the 2005 season in the Pacific? _______________________________________________________________________