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Class: | GEOL 125 - Natural Disasters |
Subject: | Geology |
University: | Kansas State University |
Term: | Unknown |
A parcel of air at 25o C has an of 1.5%, ....and can contain as as much as 3% humidity at that temperature. What is the...of thi
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Absolute Relativity |
Is the greenhouse effect really happening?
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Yes, A little greenhouse effect is good thing. Surface temp would be 2' Too much is a bad thing--High Carbon Dioxide levels |
What type of front can produce more rain or snow?
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Occluded Fronts |
Is the greenhouse effect really happening? Why?
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Yes, amount of CO2 |
What temperature would it be like on earth without natural greenhouse effect?
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Very cold, 2' |
Why do scientists say that planet Venus has a "runaway" greenhouse effect
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It makes the surface too hot |
Why did atmospheric carbon dioxide levels being rising after the year 1850 AD
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Industrial Reveloution/Fossil Fuels |
What are some of the anticipated consequences of global warming?
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Stronger Hurricanes Loss of habitat less Coast/islands shift in agriculture areas |
Name a hazard associated with a thunderstorm
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High winds lighteining heavy rains hail tornado |
What is the Fujita scale?
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Measures tornado intensity |
What is the Enhanced Fujita scale?
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Measured by estimates of 3 second sustained wind speed and resulting damage |
What is tornado alley?
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central US |
What is a tornado watch?
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Conditions are right for a tornado to develop |
What is a tornado warning?
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Tornado has been spotted, take shelter |
How many tornado's consistute a tornado outbreak?
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6 or more from the same large scale storm in one day |
Midwest Tornado Outbreak
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March 18, 1925 Happened early in the spring Most deadly tornado's in history No warning system 689 killed |
Manhattan, KS tornado
(1994)
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June 8, 1994 F3 5:45 PM 19 miles long 50 injuries 5 million in damage |
Topeka, KS
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F5 Struck at 7pm June 8, 1966 21 miles long 17 dead $100 million in damage |
Midwest Tornado, Super outbreak
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1974 148 tornado's 6 were F5 Warnings work school safety issues |
Andover, KS
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F5 600 ft wide killed 13 people went under overpass |
Oklahoma-Kansas tornado
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May 3-6 58 tornados |
Greensbrug, KS
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9:45 May 4, 2007 1.7 miles long traveled 22 miles EF5 205mph winds |
What type of storm is most likely to produce a blizzard?
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Mid latitude cyclones |
If the English Windstorm of 1703 was not a hurricane, then what was it likely to be?
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tornado? |
Who wrote an account of the English Windstorm of 1703?
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Daniel Defoe |
Arrange the following of increasing severity: hurricane, tropical depression, tropical storm
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1. Tropical Depression 2. Tropical Storm 3. Hurricane |
What happens when 2 tropical storms of unequal size collide?
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The smaller tropical cyclone absorbed into the larger tropical cyclone |
What notable storm was given the name "kamikaze" by the Japanese?
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The Kyushu Typhoon of 1281 |
What was the largest tropical cyclone?
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Super Typhoon Tip 1979 |
What was the smallest Tropical Typhoon?
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Cyclone Tracy- 1979 |
Which way does a tropical cyclone SOUTH of the equator rotate?
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clockwise |
What factors made Galveston, TX vulnerable to a hurricane?
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New city, no experience with a storm no barriers |
What hurricane killed nearly as many people inland from heavy rains as it killed in its initial landfall?
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Hurricane Camille |
Which of today's notable tropical cyclones was partly responsible for the creation of the new nation of Bangladash?
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E. Pakistan Cycone |
Why was the city of New Orleans particularly at risk for damage from a hurricane?
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below sea level |
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A parcel of air at 25o C has an of 1.5%, ....and can contain as as much as 3% humidity at that temperature. What is the...of thi | Absolute Relativity | |
Is the greenhouse effect really happening? | Yes, A little greenhouse effect is good thing. Surface temp would be 2' Too much is a bad thing--High Carbon Dioxide levels | |
What type of front can produce more rain or snow? | Occluded Fronts | |
Is the greenhouse effect really happening? Why? | Yes, amount of CO2 | |
What temperature would it be like on earth without natural greenhouse effect? | Very cold, 2' | |
Why do scientists say that planet Venus has a "runaway" greenhouse effect | It makes the surface too hot | |
Why did atmospheric carbon dioxide levels being rising after the year 1850 AD | Industrial Reveloution/Fossil Fuels | |
What are some of the anticipated consequences of global warming? | Stronger Hurricanes Loss of habitat less Coast/islands shift in agriculture areas | |
Name a hazard associated with a thunderstorm | High winds lighteining heavy rains hail tornado | |
What is the Fujita scale? | Measures tornado intensity | |
What is the Enhanced Fujita scale? | Measured by estimates of 3 second sustained wind speed and resulting damage | |
What is tornado alley? | central US | |
What is a tornado watch? | Conditions are right for a tornado to develop | |
What is a tornado warning? | Tornado has been spotted, take shelter | |
How many tornado's consistute a tornado outbreak? | 6 or more from the same large scale storm in one day | |
Midwest Tornado Outbreak | March 18, 1925 Happened early in the spring Most deadly tornado's in history No warning system 689 killed | |
Manhattan, KS tornado (1994) | June 8, 1994 F3 5:45 PM 19 miles long 50 injuries 5 million in damage | |
Topeka, KS | F5 Struck at 7pm June 8, 1966 21 miles long 17 dead $100 million in damage | |
Midwest Tornado, Super outbreak | 1974 148 tornado's 6 were F5 Warnings work school safety issues | |
Andover, KS | F5 600 ft wide killed 13 people went under overpass | |
Oklahoma-Kansas tornado | May 3-6 58 tornados | |
Greensbrug, KS | 9:45 May 4, 2007 1.7 miles long traveled 22 miles EF5 205mph winds | |
What type of storm is most likely to produce a blizzard? | Mid latitude cyclones | |
If the English Windstorm of 1703 was not a hurricane, then what was it likely to be? | tornado? | |
Who wrote an account of the English Windstorm of 1703? | Daniel Defoe | |
Arrange the following of increasing severity: hurricane, tropical depression, tropical storm | 1. Tropical Depression 2. Tropical Storm 3. Hurricane | |
What happens when 2 tropical storms of unequal size collide? | The smaller tropical cyclone absorbed into the larger tropical cyclone | |
What notable storm was given the name "kamikaze" by the Japanese? | The Kyushu Typhoon of 1281 | |
What was the largest tropical cyclone? | Super Typhoon Tip 1979 | |
What was the smallest Tropical Typhoon? | Cyclone Tracy- 1979 | |
Which way does a tropical cyclone SOUTH of the equator rotate? | clockwise | |
What factors made Galveston, TX vulnerable to a hurricane? | New city, no experience with a storm no barriers | |
What hurricane killed nearly as many people inland from heavy rains as it killed in its initial landfall? | Hurricane Camille | |
Which of today's notable tropical cyclones was partly responsible for the creation of the new nation of Bangladash? | E. Pakistan Cycone | |
Why was the city of New Orleans particularly at risk for damage from a hurricane? | below sea level |
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