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Homework 1. Work on your Physical Geography Scrapbook Assignment.

Unit # 4 Topic: Hurricanes and Cyclones

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Refer to your textbook Chasmer,Ron. Earth Matters: Studies in Physical Geography. Oxford University Press, Don Mills, 2001 ISBN: 0-19-541555-8

Answer the following questions in sentence form in your physical geography notebook. Make sure that you include the headings and the important part of the question in your answers.

Video Notes
1. Make point form notes during class as we watch videos about Hurricanes and Cyclones. If you were absent the day we saw the video you can sign it out from the Brampton Public Library. Hand in your point form notes along with this assignment.

Thunderstorms
3. (page 268) How do thunderstorms form?

4. (page 268) Complete the thunderstorm quiz "Do You Know the Facts about Thunderstorms?" Check your answers on page 270.

Background to Hurricanes
5. (page 270) Describe the following for hurricanes:

a) frequency per year
b) locations
c) damage
d) loss of life

6. (page 270) How and where do hurricanes form?

7. (page 443) What is the Coriolis effect?

8. (page 271) How does the Coriolis effect cause the system to grow into a tropical depression?

9. (page 271) Why do severe weather forecasters name tropical storms?

10. (page 271) How are these storms named? The first hurricane of the season each year is given a name that starts with the letter "_____". Throughout the season, the hurricane names alternate between male and female.

Examine the info and chart below to answer the following questions.

11. Where is the National Hurricane Center located?

12. Why are some hurricane names retired?

13. In what year did the hurricane naming system begin?

14. If North American hurricanes form over the Atlantic Ocean in the fall, why do you think that very few hurricanes are named with letters "L", "M" and beyond? Think about seasons and temperature when forming your answer.

15. Name the severe hurricane and year that Ontario was affected. See Figure 16.14 on page 273 as well. How many deaths occurred?

Hurricane Names that have been Retired
Hurricanes that cause severe damage or kill and injure many people are remembered for generations and some go into hurricane history, says the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida. Canada's hurricane centre is located in Halifax Nova Scotia. The country most affected can request that the storm's name be removed from use to avoid confusion caused by a future storm having the same name. Below is a list of deadly, costly and destructive storms whose names have been retired, guaranteeing them a place in hurricane history. This is not a complete list of deadly or destructive hurricanes since many such storms hit before 1950 when naming began.

 
     Name     Year          Location(s) affected 
                  
     Agnes    1972          Florida, Northeast U.S.A. 
         
     Alicia   1983          North Texas
         
     Allen    1980          Antilles, Mexico, South Texas 
         
     Andrew   1992          Bahamas, South Florida, Louisiana 
         
     Anita    1977          Mexico
         
     Audrey   1957          Louisiana, North Texas
         
     Betsy    1965          Bahamas, Southeast Florida, Southeast Louisiana 
         
     Beulah   1967          Antilles, Mexico, South Texas
         
     Bob      1991          North Carolina, Northeast U.S.A. 
         
     Camille  1969          Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama 
         
     Carla    1961          Texas
         
    Carmen   1974          Mexico, central Louisiana 
         
     Carol*   1954          Northeast U.S.A.
         
     Celia    1970          South Texas
         
     Cleo     1964          Lesser Antilles, Haiti, Cuba, Southeast Florida 
         
     Connie   1955          North Carolina
         
     David    1979          Lesser Antilles, Hispaniola, Florida, Eastern  U.S.A.
         
     Diana    1990          Mexico
         
     Diane    1955          Mid-Atlantic U.S.A., Northeast U.S.A. 
         
     Donna    1960          Bahamas, Florida, Eastern U.S.A. 
         
     Dora     1964          Northeast Florida
         
     Elena    1985          Mississippi, Alabama, Western Florida 
         
     Eloise   1975          Antilles, Northwest Florida, Alabama 
         
     Flora    1963          Haiti, Cuba
         
     Frederic 1979          Alabama, Mississippi
         
     Gilbert  1988          Lesser Antilles, Jamaica, Yucatan Peninsula,  Mexico
         
     Gloria   1985          North Carolina, Northeast U.S.A. 
         
     Hattie   1961          Belize,Guatemala
         
     Hazel    1954          Antilles, North and South Carolina, Ontario Canada 
         
     Hilda    1964          Louisiana
         
     Hugo     1989          Antilles, South Carolina 
         
     Ione     1955          North Carolina
         
     Inez     1966          Lesser Antilles, Hispaniola, Cuba, Florida  Keys,  Mexico
         
     Janet    1955          Lesser Antilles, Belize, Mexico
         
     Joan     1988          Curacao, Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua  [Crossed into the Pacific Ocean, becoming Miriam]
   
      Klaus    1990          Martinique

16. (page 271) Describe the inside of the eye of the hurricane.

17. (page 271) What force pushes a hurricane to the west up onto the eastern coast of the U.S.A.?

18. (page 271) Use a full page to draw and label a hurricane Figure 16.10.

19. (page 272-273) A meteorologist is a scientist who studies weather and storms. How do meteorologists track hurricanes.

20. (page 272) Examine the satellite image of Hurricane Andrew (Figure 16.12) and Hurricane Mitch (Figure 16.13)
Describe the colour, shape and location of each of these storms. Make reference to the location of Florida in each of your descriptions.

21. (page 273) Refer to Hurricane Floyd. Why were residents, tourists and resort operators upset with the meteorologists? Explain.

22. (page 274) How do geotechnologies and good transportation and communications infrastructure affect forecasting and evacuation for wealthy countries?

23. (page 275)
a) In your notebook, copy down the "Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Classification Scale" (Figure16.16).
b) Examine the barometric pressure changes from Category 1 to Category 5. Inside a hurricane the pressure ________________ as a hurricane becomes more severe and destructive.
c) A storm surge is a large wall of ocean water that is pushed onto shore by a hurricane. Describe a building or feature located in your neighbourhood that could be compared to the height of a storm surge in a Category 5 hurricane.

24. Hurricanes (also called tropical cyclones) are given different names in different parts of the world. Complete this chart using the following terms given by your teacher in class.

25. In order to measure hurricanes, data is collected from the following measuring tools:

a) S_____________________

b) D_____________ R___________

c) L________________ B______________ R____________

26. In your opinion, how should governments step in to help communities who are:

a) about to experience a hurricane?
b) have experienced a hurricane?

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