UNDERSTANDING

TYPHOONS
Science 8

Ms. Virgie U. Paningbatan

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Objectives:

- Identify the meaning of typhoon

- Determine the parts of Typhoon
-Explain how typhoon forms.
•The word Typhoon comes from
the word “Tai Feng”.
- it means “Great or Big
wind”.
•Hurricane comes from the word
“Huracan”.
- it means “Storm”.
2 words of Typhoon
1.Abundance
2.Similarity
Tropical Cyclone – is a storm
system characterized by counter
clockwise rotating air mass around
a central part called core.
Another term for Core is called
“Eye” and 300 km of central part of
the eye.
Troposphere – the lowest layer of
the earth atmosphere.
-75-80 % of the
mass of the atmosphere.
•Typhoons in the Philippines is called
Bagyo.
•The majority of tropical cyclone
formation form between June and
November and minimum between
December to May.
- one source of tropical cyclone
formation is the ITCZ located around
the equator.
ITCZ – Intertropical Convergence Zone.