Typhone formation

Question 1

Step 1: The sun’s rays heats large areas of ocean in the summer and autumn. ———

Answer 1

This causes warm, moist air to rise over the particular spots

Question 2

Step 2: Once the temperature is —, the rising warm moist air leads to a low pressure. This eventually turns into a thunderstorm. This causes air to be sucked in from ———

Answer 2

27⁰, the trade winds.

Question 3

Step 3: With trade winds blowing in the ————— and the rotation of earth involved (———), the thunderstorm will eventually start to —.

Answer 3

opposite direction, Coriolis effect, spin

Question 4

Step 4: When the storm begins to spin faster than ———, a tropical storm (such as a hurricane) is officially born.

Answer 4

74mph,

Question 5

Step 5: With the tropical storm growing in power, ————, creating calm, clear condition called ————

Answer 5

more cool air sinks in the centre of the storm, the eye of the storm.

Question 6

Step 6: When the tropical storm hits land, ————— and it begins to lose strength.

Answer 6

it loses its energy source (the warm ocean),