Name: _____________________________________ Date: _________________________ Period: _____
Answer the questions that go with each document.
Document A:
1. What happens when a hurricane makes landfall?
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2. When does a storm become a hurricane?
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3. At what point is that storm given a name?
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Document B:
4. How would you feel in this situation?
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5. What are some of the hardships these people face?
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Document C:
6. Why would people like to live in a high risk area?
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Document D:
7. Based on the map, you can conclude that Katrina took what route once it made landfall?
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8. How did Katrina impact precipitation in the United States?
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9. Using a map in the book, what states did the storm travel through?
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Document E:
10. What part of the United States was affected by Hurricane Sandy?
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11. What will be used to remap the shoreline?
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12. How do you think Sandy effected the shoreline?
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13. Who will be able to use the remapping products once they are completed?
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Document F:
14. Based on what you have read, define refugee:
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15. Describe positive and negative outcomes of the migration of people.
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Document G:
16. How would travel plans change for people if there were a hurricane?
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17. What is meant by “alternative energy source”?
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Document H:
18. What is meant by the underlined statement in Document H?
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19. How did Hurricane Irene damage the environment and what is being done about it?
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Document I:
20. How many people in New Jersey were affected by Sandy?
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Document J:
21. What infrastructures were damaged by Sandy?
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22. What was the economic impact of Sandy?(Not a number)
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Document K and L:
23. In what body of water did Katrina have its maximum wind speeds?
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Document M:
24. What was an indirect result of Sandy?
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25. How large was the evacuation zone?
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Document N:
26. What is the focus of the media?
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27. What is the focus of the family?
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