Sunday, February 17, 2013

Hurricanes by Seymour Simon

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Book: Hurricanes
Author: Seymour Simon
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-117072-0

1. What are hurricanes?
2. Where do hurricanes develop?
3. Do hurricanes bring tornadoes?
4. When is hurricane season?
5. When is the peak of hurricane season?
6. How many hurricanes does the East Coast average?
7. What did the ancient Mayan people call hurricanes?
8. Who came up with the word “Huracan”?
9. What does “Huracan” mean?
10. What are tropical storms?
11. What are cyclones?
12. Cyclones spin _____________________________________ in the Northern Hemisphere and _________________________ in the Southern Hemisphere.
13. What do you call cyclones of clouds and thunderstorms that spin around a central area?
14. How fast are the winds in tropical depressions?
15. What do you call cyclones of heavy clouds and strong thunderstorms?
16. How fast are the winds of tropical storms?
17. What are the wind speeds of hurricanes?
18. Hurricanes develop in the ______________________________, ___________________________, ___________________________, or ____________________________________.
19. Where are typhoons developed?
20. Where are cyclones developed?
21. What is the weather like in the eye of a hurricane?
22. What is a storm surge?
23. How big is a storm surge?
24. What is a storm tide?
25. How many people died when the hurricane hit Galveston, Texas?
26. Tornado winds can reach more than _______________________________________.
27. How many days can hurricanes last?
28. Hurricanes can cause more damage than any other single weather event.  True or False
29. What amount of energy can a hurricane release?
30. What system is used to measure hurricanes?
31. What is a Category 1 Hurricane?
32. What damages does a hurricane 1 cause?
33. What is a Category 2 Hurricane?
34. What damages does a hurricane 2 cause?
35. What is a Category 3 Hurricane?
36. What damages does a hurricane 3 cause?
37. What is a Category 4 Hurricane?
38. What damages does a hurricane 4 cause?
39. What is a Category 5 Hurricane?
40. What damages does a hurricane 5 cause?
41. What was the most costliest hurricane in the U.S.?
42. How many hours in advance does the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) give before a hurricane hits?

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