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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What city suffered from twelve consecutive days of 90 degree temperatures or above, prior to the hurricane that hit Galveston?
2. What was the name of the captain who commanded the "Pensacola"?
3. What refers to the lowest portion of Earth's atmosphere?
4. Who was an English-Indian scientist and merchant captain who coined the name cyclone for tropical storms?
5. What astronomer was the first to recognize that the earth's rotation had a great impact on weather?
Short Essay Questions
1. What concerned Isaac about the weather on the night of September 7, 1900?
2. How does the author describe the Rollfings? When did they marry?
3. Where did the storm that hit Galveston begin forming? What were atmospheric pressure conditions like in the US at this time?
4. How does the author describe the summer of 1900 in terms of weather in Introduction: The Beach? How is the setting of Galveston described during this time period?
5. When did the storm that hit Galveston enter the Caribbean, according to the author in Part II: the Serpent's Coil? What conditions led it to grow there?
6. How does the author describe Joseph Cline's weather observations on September 6, 1900?
7. How does the author describe the plight of Captain J.W. Simmons? Where was Simmons located?
8. Where and with whom did Isaac Cline live in the year 1900? How is his house described in Introduction: The Beach?
9. What geographical and social elements set up the city of Galveston for major casualties in the event of a hurricane in 1900?
10. What had Isaac Cline considered as a profession before going into weather?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the heat wave of 1900. When did the heat wave begin? What regions of the United States were affected? How many died in the heat wave? How did the heat wave in the US contribute to conditions that led to the hurricane?
Essay Topic 2
Why did William B. Stockman send a report to Washington stating that the storm had passed without dangerous winds in Cuba? What did Stockman serve to gain by doing so? What were the repercussions of his actions?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the meteorological discoveries of Thomas Jefferson, the Byzantine Empire, Aristotle and the Greeks, and Galileo. Of what importance were these men's discoveries to Isaac Cline? How had history developed a fascination for the weather in Isaac? In what ways did Isaac as a "scientist" relate to these historical figures?
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