Critical Thinking
1.
What time of the year do hurricanes occur? Why do they only happen during that time?
Hurricanes occur often during the summer. They only happen during that time because the temperature is
warm, and the Hurricanes survive with the warm
ocean water and get their power from it.
2.
How can the timing of the tides (high and low) effect the devastation of a hurricane?
The timing of the
tides effects the devastation of a
hurricane, because the hurricane would be devastated when there's a
low tide, which is when the
sea level goes down. Therefore, there wouldn't be much water for hurricane to able to continue when there's a low tide.
3. If an area is fully saturated, will a hurricane have more or less impact on an area?
The
hurricane will still most likely even have more impact on a fully
saturated area. Because when the land is already fully saturated, the water brought by the hurricane would have no more spaces to saturate the soil and the
groundwater. The water that does not have anywhere to saturate would eventually go on to the ground and cause the
flood.
4. How does groundwater saturation affect rivers and streams?
The saturation of the
groundwater affects rivers and streams connected to the groundwater. When the area of groundwater is already fully saturated, the rest of the water will pass to those rivers and streams. And sometimes it causes
run-offs from the mountain, too. Because they are also connected to the
zone of saturation.
Reflection
1. What is something that you liked about this Mini-Project?
This Mini-Project helped me to further understand the ideas and the information about the topics around hurricane such as groundwater, flood, water cycle, etc. And I also liked how we are sharing and teaching each others what we learned in a table, it was fun and I received a lot of useful knowledge on the other topics that other students had researched on.
2. What was difficult for you on this project?
The difficult part I found that was quite confusing to me was when I had to look for the causes and effects for the groundwater. I was trying really hard to brainstorm as many reasons as I could, but eventually I only thought of 3 ideas for each. However, we decided to share our clues with each others as a groundwater project group. Finally, along with Ms. Kara's help, we came up with 5 causes and 5 effects, and we were another step closer to finishing the project.
3. What would you change about your work on this project?
If there's something I could change about my work on this project, I would want to be add in some more useful vocabularies that are related to the groundwater, as I only included 5 basic words on my worksheet on groundwater.
4. How did this project help you learn about Hurricane Irene?
Doing this project and making a worksheet about the topic helped me to sort all the causes and effects of different topics that are related to Hurricane Irene. Now I understand the different reasons how Hurricane Irene would start and the effects it would have on the Earth much better than before.
