For this assignment you will answer the questions listed
below.Each question has been assigned a
certain number of points.Be sure to
answer all of the items asked for in the question to get full credit.Your assignment is to be word processed,
double spaced and grammar and spell checked.

Possible websites are listed below each question to get you
started in finding your answers.Some
material that relates to the questions may be found within your book, some will
not.You are free to use other sources
as well.However, Wikipedia is NOT to be
used.(Wikipedia is an open
source site.Changes can be made that
may make information posted there incorrect.)
You must cite your work appropriately and enclose a reference page.Be sure to list even the sites that I have
provided you if you use them to answer the question.

Do NOT do a laundry list of “question asked” and “answer” in
your answer.While I have provided you
with questions to answer, please answer them in paragraph form.Your answers should read as a narrative that
covers all of the items raised by my questions.

You are to rewrite in your own words the material that you find for your answers
rather than doing copy and paste.Do
NOT copy and paste material without putting it in quotation marks and
appropriately citingthe sources. You
are not to copy more than two citations per question. ( Copying and pasting without
quotations and appropriate citations is plagiarism and will result in a grade
of 40 (F) for the total assignment.)

You can go to turnitin.com and submit your paper to check
percentage of material copied. You should have less than 15% copied for each
question.

If you are unsure
just what plagiarism is, please go to the writing center website and click on
the link to the right.The writing
center is athttp://www.csuohio.edu/academic/writingcenter/

If you are unsure how to do citations, you can go to:http://library.csuohio.edu/research/vrd/citations.html

The links to the guides there are very good.If you are not required to use a specific
format by your major discipline, I suggest using APA.

1. Hurricane season begins June 1^st and last
until November 30^th.There
are tropical storms forming in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.Earthweek.com provides up to date tropical
storm information as doeswww.hurricane.noaa.gov

What is a hurricane?
How do they form?

What do we mean by a tropical wave?What is the most important ingredient in the
development of a tropical depression?
When does a tropical wave become a tropical depression?When do we consider a tropical depression to
be a tropical storm?At what point is a
name given to these?How are these names
determined?What are the criteria for
the development of any storm into a hurricane?
What are the defining characteristics that separate the strength of a
category 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5?

What is the name of the system to categorize the hurricanes?
How was it developed and when?How has
it been revised?Were you surprised by the damage levels
associated with each category?

What part of a hurricane causes the highest amount of damage
and loss of life?Why do the media show
cone shaped track paths for hurricanes?
(Hint—on the last question, look at tracking models.)

How are weather satellites used to predict hurricanes?

What are possible widespread aftermaths of hurricanes that
can affect people in other states? (40 points)

www. Weather.gov

www.tpc.ncep.noaa

http://hurricanes.noaa.gov/

2. People are confused by what causes the four seasons.Find the answers to these questions.

What causes the four seasons?

What is the sun’s location in relation to earth during
summer and winter?

When is the shortest amount of daylight in the Northern
Hemisphere?What do we call this day?Where does the Sun rise and set on this
day?

When is the longest amount of daylight in the Northern
Hemisphere? What do we call this day? Where does the Sun rise and set on this
day?

What do we call the days when the daylight is equal to
amount of darkness? Where does the Sun rise and set on this day?

What will be the sunrise and sunset on the first day of
summer and then on the first day of fall? (30 points)

http://starryskies.com/solar_system/Earth/reasons_for_seasons.html

http://www.scienceu.com/observatory/articles/seasons/seasons.html

http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/cli_seasons.html

www.sunrisesunset.com

http://www.morehead.unc.edu/Shows/EMS/seasons.htm

3. Most clouds are associated with weather and the
hydrologic cycle.We look into the sky
and see the clouds but do not know what type they are and how they can help us
know about the weather that is associated with the clouds.

What are clouds?
How do clouds form?What are
clouds made of?

What four main cloud types were named in 1803 by Luke
Howard?

What are the three levels of clouds?

Name some of the clouds found at the levels and state what
type of weather they bring.

What type of clouds can accompany storms?

How can knowing about clouds help one understand the
weather and prepare for dangerous weather?(30 points)

http:/mapmaker.meteor.wisc.edu/~jbrunner/…/sm-clouds/cloudbkgrnd.htm…

http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Water/water_cycle.html

www.wrh.noaa.gov/fgz/science/clouds.php

www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/…/archives-clouds-precip.htm