A Recipe for Disaster!

End of Unit Project

Appetizer Page (Define All) You may get this information from the internet
Define: Thunderstorm, Tornado and Hurricane

Side Dishes Page (Choose at least TWO from each storm type AND a picture for those you choose)
Describe the following terms this means you must look at several internet sites and combine info in your OWN writing
about the words you chose.

THUNDERSTORM: Cumulonimbus Cloud Thunder Lightning

TORNADO: Updraft Funnel Cloud Wind Shear
HURRICANE: Eye Spiral Rain Bands Low Pressure

Lunch Entre Page (Choose One Must be 5 sentences long at least and a picture. Written in your own words)
1. a. Does wind blow from areas of warm air to areas of cold air or from areas of cold air to areas of warm air?
b. Explain why some parts of the Earths surface receives more solar radiation than other parts.

2. Why does the wind at the beach blow in the opposite direction at night than it does during the day? Explain your
answer by including information about the amount of land/water and how convection currents work. You must explain
what happens during the day and night.

3. Why do low pressure systems typically cause severe weather, such as thunderstorms, tornados, and hurricanes?
Explain your answer.

Dinner Entre Page (Choose One Must be 5 sentences long at least and a picture. Written in your own words)
1. Describe how a tornado forms by listing the ingredients in the atmosphere needed as well as how a tornado
touches the ground.

2. Describe how a hurricane forms by listing the ingredients in the atmosphere needed as well as how a hurricane
moves and how they die off.

Two for Twenty Menu! Page (Do both must be paragraph form and each must include pictures and you may use
information from the internet but do not copy and paste!!)
-Explain the scale used for measuring Hurricanes and name one hurricane for each category and the year it occurred.
For example, Hurricane Alice in 1954 was a Category 1 storm, causing over $600,000 worth of damage.

-Explain and describe 2 historical tornadoes that inflicted major damage including the name, date, where it occurred,
how many cities/states it affected, Fujita scale measurement, damage (death toll, damage cost).

Desserts Page(Optional)(You may use information from the internet but do not copy and paste)
Compare and Contrast El Nino and La Nina, including the climate change that occurs around the world and how it affects
the area. What type of weather change can you expect? You need pictures of the map of where this occurs.