Storm Internet Scavenger Hunt
Use the listed website and the tabs found on it to answer the questions below.
Naming Hurricanes – http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/weather/hurricane/naming.shtml
1. In what year did the National Weather Service start naming storms after women?
_____________________
2. What was the first United States named hurricane?_____________________
3. Why are some storm names retired? ______________________________________
4. If the alphabetical list of names gets used, what will they use to name storms?
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Hurricanes-
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/weather/hurricane/naming.shtml
1. What symbol is used to indicate a hurricane on a weather map? _______________
2. Which alphabet letters are not used when naming storms? _____________________
3. Storms are named as soon as winds are _________ mph or more.
4. How do they decide when to use a male or female name? _____________________
5. How large can the eye of a hurricane actually be? _________________________
6. What do you call the wall of thunderclouds that surrounds the eye? ______________
7. What is the weather map symbol used for a tropical storm? _______________
8. A hurricane watch means that a hurricane is possible within ____ hours, in that area.
Naming Hurricanes-
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/weather/hurricane/naming.shtml
1. Who decides the names that are used for storms each year?
_______________________________________________________
Naming Hurricanes – http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/weather/hurricane/naming.shtml
1. In what year did the National Weather Service start naming storms after women?
_____________________
2. What was the first United States named hurricane?_____________________
3. Why are some storm names retired? ______________________________________
4. If the alphabetical list of names gets used, what will they use to name storms?
________________________________________________________________
Hurricanes-
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/weather/hurricane/naming.shtml
1. What symbol is used to indicate a hurricane on a weather map? _______________
2. Which alphabet letters are not used when naming storms? _____________________
3. Storms are named as soon as winds are _________ mph or more.
4. How do they decide when to use a male or female name? _____________________
5. How large can the eye of a hurricane actually be? _________________________
6. What do you call the wall of thunderclouds that surrounds the eye? ______________
7. What is the weather map symbol used for a tropical storm? _______________
8. A hurricane watch means that a hurricane is possible within ____ hours, in that area.
Naming Hurricanes-
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/weather/hurricane/naming.shtml
1. Who decides the names that are used for storms each year?
_______________________________________________________