Name:_________________________Class:__________ Date:__________
| 1. What is a storm surge? |
| 2. What do storm surges have to do with hurricanes? |
| 3. What is the chief determining factor that determines the category of a hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale? |
| 4. In the last century, how many category 5 hurricanes have struck N.Y.?______ How many category 4?______ How many category 3?______ |
| 5. Based on records of past storms, what is the frequency with which a 'category 5' hurricane is likely to strike New York? Explain. |
| 6. Why does global warming cause sea level to rise? |
| 7. What is a 'five-hundred year flood'? Will a five-hundred year flood' necessarily occur every 500 years? |
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