Hurricane Basics
What is the center of the Hurricane called?
The Eye
How many hurricane categories are there?
5
Hurricanes form over this?
What is warm OCEANS?
What parts of buildings usually break off due to Hurricanes?
Roof or windows
Ocean Surface Currents are caused by this.
Hurricanes bring a lot of _______ and _______.
Wind and rain
What is the strongest category?
5
During what time (months) do hurricanes happen?
June through November (or summer time)
Hurricanes are are also called this.
What are TYPHOONS and CYCLOONS?
This is where warm water from the equator goes.
What is the POLES?
Hurricanes start over _______ water.
warm
Hurricanes are categorized by this.
What is WIND SPEED?
What is the name of the ocean that hurricanes start in?
Atlantic Ocean
Hurricanes lose speed over _________.
land
Ocean currents help _______________ the temperature of Earth.
What is REGULATE? or DISTRIBUTE?
By what continent do Hurricanes start?
Africa
What is the least strong hurricane category?
What is ONE?
What is the weather like in the center of the eye?
Calm
The large amount of water that floods the coastal areas during a hurricane.
What is STORM SURGE?
This is the warm ocean current that brings warmer temperatures up the coast of the U.S. and across to Europe.
What is GULF STREAM?
This is the part of the hurricane that has the strongest thunderstorms.
What is the EYEWALL?
Hurricanes need this temp or higher to be able to begin to form.
What is 80 degrees?
The wind belt that pushes hurricanes into the United States.
What are the TRADE WINDS?
The warmer the ocean the _________ the storm.
What is STRONGER?
Regions located near ocean currents tend to have this kind of climate.
What is COLD CLIMATE?