Hurricane Basics
hurricanes form over this
What is over the water?
the total number of hurricane speed categories
What is 5?
the two oceans where hurricanes can form
What is the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean?
the parts of buildings hurricanes usually break off first
What are Roofs?
Hurricanes can go this far inland - 50 miles, 100 miles, 150 miles, 500 miles
What is 100 miles inland?
the two most important ingredients in a hurricane
What is Warm water & Wind?
hot towers do these to hurricanes
What is they speed hurricanes up?
the degree the water must be for the hurricane to form
What is 80 degrees?
The removal of land and beach due to changing tides and stronger waves
What is erosion?
hurricanes are generally most active during this month
What is September?
this organization spends much of their time developing tools to measure hurricane speeds
What is NOAA?
this category of hurricane intensity is compared to the speed of a cheetah
What is Category 1?
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What do you call the effect when hurricanes push ocean water farther up the shore?
What is the Storm Surge?
the band where hurricanes occur is known as this
What is a Rain Band?
this determines the difference between a hurricane and a typhoon
What is the location of the storm?
hurricanes run on this type of energy
What is Heat Energy?
the center of the hurricane is called this
What is the eye?
the reason hurricanes lose speed as the go onto land
What is they lose heat energy from the ocean?
hurricanes more commonly found in lakes or oceans
What are Oceans?
hurricanes are most commonly found here
What is the coast or the ocean?
the fastest speed of a hurricane recorded
What is 157 mph?
this degree must be this for the surface water in order for a hurricane to form - 23 degrees. 24 degrees. 25 degrees, 26 degrees
What is 26 degrees?
the other natural disaster that can be found in a rain band
What are Tornados?
Where do hurricanes form other than oceans and is close to America?
What is the Caribbean Sea (or Gulf of Mexico)?