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Tornadoes are small, storm-scale vorticies which occur within thunderstorms, and extend downwards from the bases of strong, typically rotating storms. Most tornadoes are small, with a width of a few yards. However, larger, "wedge-shaped" tornadoes may be up to 4 miles in width, and cause the most damage.
Cyclones are large, synoptic-scale rotational features, which rotate cyclonically. These include low-pressure systems. Nor'easters and tropical cyclones are cyclones.
Hurricanes are a type of cyclone, and more specifically, a type of tropical cyclone. Tropical cyclones are what people usually refer to when they say 'cyclone' - a large, organized swirl of thunderstorms with strong winds. However, hurricanes are tropical cyclones that occur in the North Atlantic Ocean or Eastern Pacific Ocean. Broadly speaking, any tropical cyclone in these two regions may be called a hurricane. However, when meteorologists classify these storm systems, hurricanes are tropical cyclones in those basins with winds of over 75 mph.
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Compare and contrast a hurricane and a typhoon?
Hurricanes develop in the ocean and go through many phases before being called a hurricane. They have high winds, and rain that can be deadly. Thunderstorms usually develop over land and consist of some wind (sometimes deadly, but not often) rain, and lightening. Thunderstorms are not nearly as dangerous as hurricanes.
How do you Compare and contrast floods and cyclones?
Floods and cyclones are both natural disasters that can cause significant damage, but they differ in their nature and causes. Floods result from excessive rainfall, melting snow, or dam failures, leading to the overflow of water onto normally dry land. In contrast, cyclones are intense circular storms characterized by low atmospheric pressure, strong winds, and heavy rain, typically forming over warm ocean waters. While floods can occur independently of cyclones, they often accompany cyclones as a consequence of the heavy rains associated with these storms.
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What are the steps in a compare and contrast?
1. Compare 2. Contrast
Are tornadoes more dangerous than a hurricane?
A hurricane over can cause more damage, deaths and injuries than a tornado. This is because hurricanes affect a larger area and bring flooding in addition to strong winds. However, tornadoes are more dangerous and potentially more destructive on a localized scale.
What does it mean to compare to contrast?
compare is when you compare two things that are the same and contrast is when you compare two things that are different.
Why can't present day technology answer all the questions regarding hurricanes and tornadoes?
Hurricanes and especially tornadoes are influenced a a number of complex and often small factors that can be difficult to measured accurately. Tornadoes are especially hard to study because of how small they are compare to other weather events, and how quickly they form and die. Studying them involves having expensive equipment to be in the right place and at the right time for a hard to predict event under difficult and working conditions.
How can you compare and contrast Hurricanes and Tornadoes using a Venn diagram?
Characteristics shared by tornadoes and hurricanes:Intense low barometric pressure.Powerful, damaging windsCyclonic rotation, that is counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere.Often have a calm and/or clear center.Characteristics of hurricanes:Diameters ranging from 60 to over 1300 miles with an average diameter of 300 miles.Form over the course of days and typically last for at least several days.Form over warm ocean water.Formation is hindered by wind shearBring rain and heavy flooding.Characteristics of tornadoes:Diameters ranging from under 10 yards to 2.5 miles, with and average diameter of 50 yards.Form in minutes and last an average of 10 minutes, lifespans may rang from a few seconds to over 3 hours.Typically form over landRequire wind shear to formCause damage chiefly through winds and flying debris.Are made visible by a debris cloud and/or condensation funnel.Make two overlapping circles, one labeled "tornadoes" and the other "hurricanes." Fill in characterstics of each in the non-overlappin areas of their respective circles and shared characteristics in the overlapping area.
Compare and contrast lakes and rivers?
compare and contrast the lakes,wetland and rivers?
How do you compare and contrast triangles and a quadrilateral?
compare and contrast between triangles and a trapezoid
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Compare.
Compare the damage done by hurricanes to the damage done by tornadoes?
Both hurricane and tornadoes can cause very severe wind damage. In tornadoes that damage tends to be more severe, but also occurs in a much smaller area. Hurricanes usually cause their worst damage through flooding either caused by their heavy rains or through the storm surge, which essentially pushes seawater onto land. In the worst cases this flooding can wash away roads and coastal communities.
