High pressure and low pressure systems

Question 1

What does the temperature does the sea need to be above for a hurricane to form?

Answer 1

27 degrees celcius

Question 2

Hurricanes can be described as

Answer 2

a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce strong winds and heavy rain

Question 3

Hurricanes strengthen when

Answer 3

water evaporated from the ocean is released as the saturated air rises, resulting in condensation of water vapor contained in the moist air

Question 4

Hurricanes are

Answer 4

areas of high temeperature low pressure which form over large stretches of water in the Tropics

Question 5

High pressure systems are also called

Answer 5

Anticyclones

Question 6

Effects of high pressure systems

Answer 6

• The extreme heat caused suffering and discomfort for millions of people across Europe.
• It caused heatstroke and dehydration, especially among elderly people
• It is estimated that 30,000 people died
• France was worse hit with 14,000 deaths. On a normal August day in France 50 people are admitted to hospital suffering from heat exhaustion but in 2003 this rose to 500.
• It caused several forest fires in southern Europe
• It is estimated to have cost 1 billion Euros of damage.