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Weather of the World By Allyson Mykytiuk

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Weather of the World By Allyson Mykytiuk

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  1. Weather of the WorldBy Allyson Mykytiuk

  2. Quick Overview • Weather is a extremely important part of our everyday lives. Two things it determines are how we dress and some of our activities for the day. Hopefully through this presentation you will learn a few things about weather that you do not already know and will be able to teach others what you have learned.

  3. Table of Contents • In this program you will learn about • Monsoons • Droughts • Hurricanes • Tornadoes • You will also have a final quiz at the end of the program.

  4. Directions • Read through all of the information for each subject (monsoons, droughts, hurricanes, and tornadoes) and complete the quiz at the end of each section. After you have completed this you should be able to identify the different characteristics of each subject.

  5. Monsoons • A monsoon is a very strong wind that causes a lot of damage and lasts for several months. • They are shaped like cones and are very large. They are in warm, tropical places, and move onto land from the sea during the summer and then go back over water in winter.

  6. Monsoons • There are 5 different monsoon systems: • Northeast Monsoon which is Southern Asia and Australasia • Northern Indian Ocean Monsoon • North American Monsoon • African Monsoon • South American Monsoon

  7. Monsoons

  8. Droughts • A drought is when it does not rain for a long time, like a few months or even a year, land and bodies of water get dried out. • It can be a big problem for things like farms and other places that grow the food we eat because if there is no water, things can not grow.

  9. Droughts • There are three different stages of droughts: • Meteorological- This kind of drought happen when there is a long time with little or no rain. Meteorological drought usually happens before all of the other kinds of drought. • Agricultural- These droughts are droughts that are bad for places that grow our food. This kind can also happen just from any change in how much it rains. • Hydrological- This kind of drought happens when the places we keep extra water like lakes and reservoirs, get a little bit lower than they are supposed to be.

  10. Droughts

  11. Hurricanes • A hurricane is also known as a tropical cyclone. • It makes strong winds and causes floods.

  12. Hurricanes • The flooding that hurricanes cause can problems for people and land very far away from where it started.

  13. Hurricanes

  14. Tornadoes • A tornado is a big thing of air that moves and touches with both a cumulonimbus cloud or, sometimes, a cumulus cloud. • Tornadoes come in many sizes but most of the time they seen in the shape of a funnel.

  15. Tornadoes • Most tornadoes travel in the speed of 110 mph or less and are usually 250 feet across. • They travel only a few miles before disappearing.

  16. Tornadoes

  17. Final Quiz Time! • You will be given a question from each section and answers to choose from. Good luck!

  18. Quiz Time! • Monsoons only last for a few days. True False

  19. You are correct! • Monsoons last several months. • Proceed to next slide

  20. Wrong, Try Again • Try and think back to the first monsoon slide. The answer is on there.

  21. Quiz Time! • How many different stages of droughts are there? Two Five Three

  22. Great Job! You are correct • The three different types of droughts are meteorological, agricultural, and hydrological. • Proceed to next slide.

  23. Wrong • Try and think back to the second slide about droughts. The different stages are listed there.

  24. Quiz Time! • A ______ is also known as a tropical cyclone. Monsoon Tornado Hurricane Drought

  25. Correct! • A hurricane is known as a tropical cyclone.

  26. Sorry, wrong answer • Think a little harder about this question and think about which one sounds like it would fit in this sentence.

  27. Quiz Time! • What are the names of the two different types of clouds that make up the tornado? Circular and Cumulonimbus Cumulonimbus and Cumulus Cumulus and Circular

  28. Great Job! You are correct! • The two different types of clouds that make up the tornado are cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds.

  29. Sorry, try again • Think about what shape a tornado already is (circular) so think about which answer would be a better choice and try again.

  30. Great job on the final quiz! • I am sure that you have learned from this presentation and can use the information that you have learned in the future!

  31. References • http://geography.about.com/od/physicalgeography/a/monsoon.htm • http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/english/monsoons/index.shtml • http://www.drought.noaa.gov/ • http://www.drought.unl.edu/kids/impacts/affects.htm • http://www.weatherwizkids.com/hurricane1.htm • http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/0308/hurricane/ • http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/safety/tornadoguide.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado

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