AT #3 - Sci2 BY PAIR: JOCSON, John Lloyd KAHULUGAN, Elaisha E

JOCSON, John Lloyd
KAHULUGAN, Elaisha E.
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To further visualize typhoon formation, watch the video through the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU1_CemifV0
Video Study Guide:
Based on the video, answer the following questions:
1. What is the difference between a hurricane, cyclone, and typhoon?
They're all basically the same thing, although they're called different things
depending on where they exist. However, hurricanes are tropical storms that form over
the North Atlantic Ocean and Northeast Pacific, cyclones are formed over the South
Pacific and Indian Ocean, and typhoons are formed over the Northwest Pacific Ocean.
2.Outline the processes involved in typhoon formation in four steps.
a. When water vapor from the warm ocean condenses to create clouds, it emits heat
into the atmosphere. The warmed air rises and is drawn into the cloud column.
Evaporation and condensation proceed, raising and expanding the cloud columns. And it
develops into a cluster of thunderstorm clouds, which is known as a tropical disturbance.
b. The tropical depression follows the tropical disturbance. The air at the top of the
cloud column is cooling and getting unstable as the thunderstorm gets higher and bigger.
As the heat energy from the cooling water vapor is released, the air near the top of the
clouds warms, raising the air pressure and forcing winds to flow away from the high
pressure area. Pressures at the surface fall as a result of this movement and warming. The
air near the surface then rises and flows into the lower pressure region, causing additional
thunderstorms. Winds in the storm cloud column whip around in a circular direction,
swirling faster and faster.
c. This is the point at which the storm is given a name. The winds increase in speed and
begin to twist and whirl around the storm's eye, or calm center. This is also when the
Coriolis effects enter. It is referred to as a tropical storm.
d. Lastly, the hurricane. Winds and low air pressure create a massive mound of ocean
water to pile up around the hurricane's eye, caused massive storm surges when all of this
water hits land.
3. Aside from the presence of landmasses and bodies of water that affects typhoon
movement, what are the other factors that fuel a typhoon?
Other factors that drive a typhoon, according to the video, are water and air
temperature, moisture, air current, and landmass temperature. But it is just a general rule;
if the typhoon hits land on a mountainous continent, the mountains' enforced vertically
rise of air can result in massive volumes of rain, possibly several feet in one or two days.
The Sierra Madre mountain ranges in the Philippines have functioned as a typhoon
barrier, weakening approaching typhoons from the Pacific Ocean before they reach the
central mainland.
4. Why do typhoons have names and how are they named?

Based on my research, typhoons have names too easy for us to remember it. Based
on the book, "A special committee of the World Meteorological Organization maintains
lists of names to be used for tropical cyclones. The names on the list must be short,
distinctive, and relevant to their cultural and geographic areas so that they are easy for
people to remember." To avoid misinterpretation and streamline communications, storms
are giving short and distinct names. Because when two or more tropical storms strike at
the same time in PAR, it was found that using short, it is easy for us to remember the
names of the typhoon like in written and spoken communications we will save time, and
minimizes misunderstanding. Like, Ondoy, we recall that Ondoy was the typhoon that
big impact on us, and many people died in the Luzon area year 2009. In the Philippines,
the PAGASA naming system on the name of the typhoon is alphabetical order to
determine how many typhoons entered in PAR per year.

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Video Study Guide:

Based on the video, answer the following questions:

1. What is the difference between a hurricane, cyclone, and typhoon?

2.Outline the processes involved in typhoon formation in four steps.

4. Why do typhoons have names and how are they named?

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