Atlantic hurricane

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/atlantic-hurricane

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific classification?Tropical cyclone
2. What is the geographical basin?Atlantic Ocean
3. How do Atlantic hurricanes form?They start with a weather disturbance over warm water. The sea must be hotter than 26.5°C and the storm’s winds must reach 74 mph for it to become a hurricane.
4. When do Atlantic hurricanes usually happen?Most Atlantic hurricanes form between June and November, when the weather conditions are right for the storms to develop.

Tropical Wave: A trough of low pressure moving from east to west across the tropics, often a precursor to tropical cyclones.
Latent Heat: The energy released when water vapor condenses into liquid water, a primary fuel for hurricanes.
Coriolis Effect: An apparent force caused by Earth's rotation that deflects moving objects, causing storms to spin.