| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hurricanes | Intense low-pressure systems that develop in the Tropics |
| Hurricanes, in the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans, are called ___, while in the Philippines they are known as ___. | typhoons, bagyos |
| Hurricanes require what two "ingredients" to form? | A warm ocean and a region where the Coriolis effect is strong |
| Tropical cyclones | Theses are what hurricanes and other rotating low-pressure systems are |
| Tropical disturbance | What tropical cyclones form from |
| Once the winds began rotating, a tropical disturbance becomes a tropical what? | A tropical cyclone |
| Tropical depression | This forms when the rotating winds of a tropical cyclone have a sustained speed less than 39 miles an hour |
| Tropical storm | A tropical depression with winds that reach 39 mph |
| A tropical storm becomes a hurricane if its winds reach __ miles per hour. | 74 |
| Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale | The scale used to rank hurricane intensity |
| Eye | The center of a hurricane |
| Eye wall | The cylinder of thick whirling clouds and rain that surround the eye |
| Rain bands | Long, narrow lines of thunderstorms |
| One of the most destructive forces of a hurricane is its ___. | wind |
| Another danger of hurricanes is the ___ ___. | storm surge |
| Storm surge | Elevated water levels caused by the hurricane's winds pushing water ahead of the storm |
| In the Southern Hemisphere, the storm's ___ ___ causes the greatest winds and highest storm surge to the ___ of the eye's path. | clockwise rotation, left |
| Hurricanes often causes significant ___ ___. | inland flooding |
| When hurricane-force winds may strike withing 48 hours, meteorologists issue a(n) ___ ___. | hurricane watch |
| When hurricane-force winds are expected within 36 hours, meteorologists issue a(n) ___ ___. | hurricane warning |
