Pre-lab: Read pg 205 -217 and summarize in a 1-pg essay
After you plot the 3 hurricanes..... use it to answer the following questions.
1. Describe the general directions of the hurricanes you plotted. Be specific.
2. Mark the 30 N Latitude line on your map with a thick line. State the general direction that Hurricane Andrew and Hurricane Katrina moved below this line. What direction did the storms move above this line?
3. Use your ESRT and the name the prevailing winds which are responsible for west-northwest movement of hurricanes Andrew and Katrina before they reached about 30 N latitiude.
4.Name the prevailing winds which are responsible for north-northeast movement of hurricanes Andrew and Katrina after they reached about 30 N latitude.
5. What causes hurricanes to move in a particular direction?
6. Cuba is about 1,140km across. Create a scale for your map (1cm equals to). show your work.
7. Determine the average speed (km/day) hurricane Sandy to the nearest tenth between
data points 1 and 15. Show your work with correct formula, units and rounding.
8. Where were these three storms located when they had their strongest winds?
9. What happens to the wind speeds and intensity of the storm as they move over cool water or land?
10. Based on what you already know about seasons and hurricanes, make an inference about why the hurricane season extends from June to November (Most Hurricanes form in the month of July, August and September.)
11. As Hurricane Sandy approached the lanad, cloudiness, wind and precipitation increased dramatically. State how the air pressure around the landfall area was changing at this time.
12. hurricane Sandy had the landfall when there was a full moon and high tide. State how the moon and high tide affected the storm's surge.
13.Make a list of Hazards associated with tropical storms such as hurricanes.
14. Increased urbanization along the coastlines pose a major threat during tropical storms. What steps would you take to minimize or eliminate wide scale property destruction and causalties along the coastlines?
(needs ideas? goto http://www.ready.gov/hurricanes)
15. List the preparation you would make if a hurricane was approaching your town.
******************** The one below is another example of a Major Hurricane.... her name is Donna
Hurricanes powerpoint from Smithtown High School West
watch an animation of the Hurricane
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es2008/es2008page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
watch an animation of the Hurricane
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es2008/es2008page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
After you plot the 3 hurricanes..... use it to answer the following questions.
1. Describe the general directions of the hurricanes you plotted. Be specific.
2. Mark the 30 N Latitude line on your map with a thick line. State the general direction that Hurricane Andrew and Hurricane Katrina moved below this line. What direction did the storms move above this line?
3. Use your ESRT and the name the prevailing winds which are responsible for west-northwest movement of hurricanes Andrew and Katrina before they reached about 30 N latitiude.
4.Name the prevailing winds which are responsible for north-northeast movement of hurricanes Andrew and Katrina after they reached about 30 N latitude.
5. What causes hurricanes to move in a particular direction?
6. Cuba is about 1,140km across. Create a scale for your map (1cm equals to). show your work.
7. Determine the average speed (km/day) hurricane Sandy to the nearest tenth between
data points 1 and 15. Show your work with correct formula, units and rounding.
8. Where were these three storms located when they had their strongest winds?
9. What happens to the wind speeds and intensity of the storm as they move over cool water or land?
10. Based on what you already know about seasons and hurricanes, make an inference about why the hurricane season extends from June to November (Most Hurricanes form in the month of July, August and September.)
11. As Hurricane Sandy approached the lanad, cloudiness, wind and precipitation increased dramatically. State how the air pressure around the landfall area was changing at this time.
12. hurricane Sandy had the landfall when there was a full moon and high tide. State how the moon and high tide affected the storm's surge.
13.Make a list of Hazards associated with tropical storms such as hurricanes.
14. Increased urbanization along the coastlines pose a major threat during tropical storms. What steps would you take to minimize or eliminate wide scale property destruction and causalties along the coastlines?
(needs ideas? goto http://www.ready.gov/hurricanes)
15. List the preparation you would make if a hurricane was approaching your town.
******************** The one below is another example of a Major Hurricane.... her name is Donna
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