Hurricanes
What is the calmest part of a hurricane?
What is the difference between climate and weather?
Climate is a pattern of weather over a long time. Weather is what is outside right now.
What is the name of the United States that commonly has tornadoes?
Why do scientists use models?
To help them visualize things that may be hard to observe in the real world. To help them understand things that aren't visible.
Name one similarity between hurricanes and tornadoes
(Many answers possible)
What is the most dangerous part of a hurricane?
The eyewall
Name one greenhouse gas
(Several answers possible)
What kind of clouds do tornadoes form in?
Cumulonimbus (thunder clouds)
Multiple answers available.
Name one difference between hurricanes and tornadoes
(Many answers possible)
What is the outer part of a hurricane called?
Spiral rainbands
(Several answers possible)
Funnel cloud, debris cloud, spiral updraft
Name 3 different science jobs.
(Multiple answers allowed)
Explain how climate change leads to rising sea levels
The polar ice caps are melting
Counter-clockwise
Where do greenhouse gases come from?
Cow digestion, factories, burning fossil fuels, etc.
What kind of air needs to collide (meet) in order for a tornado to form?
Warm air and cool air need to collide
Is cooking science? Explain your reasoning
(Multiple acceptable answers)
What are 3 items that are important to have in a hurricane survival kit?
(Multiple answers acceptable)
What conditions does a hurricane need to form and where do hurricanes form?
Hurricanes need warm air and warm water; they form over warm, tropical waters.
Explain how the greenhouse effect causes global warming
Greenhouse gases act as a blanket around the earth trapping heat.
Are there more hurricanes or more tornadoes in the USA each year?
Tornadoes
What kind of science does a geologist study?
Rocks
Name 2 functions of a skull (remember our Halloween activity!)
(Multiple answers acceptable)