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NOVA scienceNOW: Hurricanes
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Student Handout
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Procedure
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First, describe what the steam plume coming out of the kettle's
spout looks like. Predict the effect on the steam plume when
your teacher places different materials over the kettle's spout.
Say why you think each prediction will happen.
Steam Plume Description:
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Materials
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Your Prediction
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Why do you think this will happen?
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Material #1
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Material #2
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Material #3
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Record the effect on the plume when different materials are
placed over the kettle's spout.
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Materials
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Effect on the steam plume
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Material #1
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Material #2
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Material #3
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Questions
Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
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What kind of wetlands do the coarse-meshed materials represent?
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What kind of wetlands do the fine-meshed materials represent?
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Why did the fine-meshed materials weaken the steam plume?
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Why do healthy wetlands help protect a coastal area from
hurricanes?
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Hurricanes die out when they travel inland because, when over
land, they are no longer supplied with the warm, energy-rich,
moist ocean air. In this kettle-hurricane model, what could you
do to represent what happens when a hurricane travels inland?
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What are this model's strengths in representing hurricanes and
the effect of wetlands? What are its limitations?
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