Water Cycle
Name three kinds of precipitation.
Rain, Snow and Hail.
What do we call a hurricane in Taiwan?
A typhoon
What is a hurricane/typhoon?
a cyclone storm that has heavy rain and strong winds.
Name the correct order of the seasons, starting with Spring.
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter.
What is condensation?
When air cools and turns into liquid (water)
What is a cyclone?
A large mass of air that rotates.
a mass of air moving in a upward direction?
An updraft
During which seasons can we expect typhoons in Taiwan?
Spring and Summer.
What do we call it when water falls from the sky?
Precipitation
What are the tropics?
a very warm and rainy area on earth that is closest to the equator.
How fast can typhoon wind speeds be?
251 kilometers an hour.
What is Extreme Weather?
When there is a big, quick and dangerous change in weather.
Explain the water cycle.
The sun heats up the water, it is evaporated and rises to the sky, it cools down and condenses, then it comes down as precipitation.
Which oceans of the world is a tropical cyclone called a hurricane?
The Northern Atlantic, central North Pacific and eastern North Pacific oceans.
Which ocean of the world is a tropical cyclone called a typhoon?
The Northwest Pacific only.
Why are Tropical Cyclones so dangerous?
They have very strong winds that destroy things and heavy rains that can cause flooding.