Colorado GEO101 Module 6 Critical Thinking

GEO 101CSUGC Geology Mod 6 Critical Thinking Option 2 Hurricane Michael Essay

OPTION #1: METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA 

The study of meteorology includes an array of phenomena with which  most of us are unfamiliar, even though many of these weather components  and processes affect our daily lives. For this week’s essay, select one  of the terms from the list below (or, if you have an idea for a term not  listed here, please run it by the instructor first). Your essay should  cover a thorough description of what the term means, how it works, and  what effect it has upon humans and the environment. Include one or more  visuals (diagrams, photos, etc.) that make your term clearer to the  reader; be sure to refer to the visual(s) in your paper. The length  requirement does not include a title page, references page, or any of  the visual elements present.

List of terms to choose from:

• backing and veering winds
• ball lightning
• blizzard
• bombogenesis
• capped inversion
• chinook wind
• clipper
• cold front
• contrails
• derecho
• dust devil
• flash freeze
• fog
• graupel
• haboob
• hail
• heat burst
• heat lightning
• heat wave
• hoarfrost
• ice storm
• inflow bands (also called feeder bands)
• jet stream
• lake effect snowfall
• mesocyclone
• microburst
• nor’easter
• polar vortex
• St. Elmo’s fire
• sleet
• squall line
• supercell thunderstorm
• virga
• wall cloud
• warm front
• volcanic lightning
• waterspout

OPTION #2: WEATHER DISASTERS 

Hurricanes and tornadoes together represent two of the most dramatic  and destructive meteorological processes on Earth. For this week’s  essay, select one historic hurricane or tornado that significantly  impacted humans to discuss. Begin with a narrative of the event—how the  hurricane or tornado developed, the path it took, and the damage it  inflicted. Be sure to cover its destruction and death tolls, its  environmental and economic impacts, and any permanent consequences it  caused. Include at least one or more visuals (diagrams, maps, photos,  etc.) that make your account clearer to the reader; be sure to refer to  the visual(s) in your paper. The length requirement does not include a  title page, references page, or any of the visual elements present.