Hurricane Video Questions.
Answer these questions after viewing the NOVA video "Hurricane " in class.

1. Describe how a hurricane is formed.

2. How are hurricanes tracked today? name 3 advances in science that allow scientists to predict where hurricanes are headed.

3. What is the magnitude scale for hurricanes?

4. Why is it important to track Hurricanes?

5. Name some hurricanes featured in this video.

6. Are there any hurricanes happening today ?

Where? this site has all kinds of satellite images of the ocean

weather and hurricanes

look here for images and info
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/

7. What positive things do hurricanes do for the ocean?

look at this page for info on hurricanes... http://www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm

other hurricane links can be found on the pcds useful links pages - hurricanes

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