PART 1: Why Name Winter Storms?
Using the link answer the following questions:
http://www.weather.com/news/why-we-name-winter-storms-20121001
1. Hurricanes and tropical storms have been given names since the ______________
2. List the four reasons why naming winter storms is beneficial:
a. ____________________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________________
d. ____________________________________________________________
e. ____________________________________________________________
3. ______________ has been naming winter storms since the 1950s.
PART 2: 2012-2013 Storm Names
Use the link to answer the questions:
http://www.weather.com/news/winter-storm-names-20121001
4. Athena is ______________________________________________________
5. Jove is __________________________________________________________
6. Nemo is ________________________________________________________
7. Leto is __________________________________________________________
8. Plato is _________________________________________________________
9. Saturn is _______________________________________________________
10. Triton is ________________________________________________________
11. Virgil is ________________________________________________________
12. Zeus is _________________________________________________________
PART 3: 2013-2014 Storm Names
Use the link to answer the questions:
http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/winter-storm-names-2013-2014-20131001
13. Atlas is the ______________________________________________________
14. Boreas was ________________________________________________________
15. Dion was _________________________________________________________
16. Hercules was ______________________________________________________
17. Janus was ________________________________________________________
18. Kronos was _______________________________________________________
19. Maximus was _____________________________________________________
20. Nika was _________________________________________________________
21. Seneca was ______________________________________________________
22. Titan was ________________________________________________________
23. Ulysses was ______________________________________________________
24. Vulcan was _______________________________________________________
25. Zephyr was _______________________________________________________
PART 4: Name Your Own Storms
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/roman/articles.html
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/greek/articles.html
Use the links above or an internet search to find 5 Greek/Roman mythological names. You may NOT use
names that appear on the previous lists. List the name and a short description of who that person/thing
was in Mythology and why you picked that person.
1. _____________________ = _____________________________________________
I chose ________________ because _________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________.
2. _____________________ = _____________________________________________
I chose ________________ because _________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________.
3. _____________________ = _____________________________________________
I chose ________________ because _________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________.
4. _____________________ = _____________________________________________
I chose ________________ because _________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________.
5. _____________________ = _____________________________________________
I chose ________________ because _________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________.