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toc = ABOUT THE TEAM = This team is very passionate about their work.

=** STEPS IN THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE **=

=** ﻿Step 1 - Preliminary Question **=

1. What direction does the hurricane go? 2. Does more lava flow come out of the main vent than a side vent? []

**Final question to be answered: Does the eye of a hurricane change as the hurricane's strentgh changes?**
=** Step 2 - Initial Observations **=


 * Image ID# || Country of Origin || Latitude || Longitude || Source ||
 * ISS007-E-14745 || Atlantic Ocean || 17.7 || -60.7 || [|http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov] ||
 * ISS013-E-24187 || Alaska || 50.6 || -167.2 || [|http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov] ||
 * ISS024-E-15039 || ATLANTIC OCEAN || 26.0 || -63.5 || http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ ||
 * ====ISS025-E-7265==== || MEXICO || 21.5 || -86.0 || http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ ||
 * ISS024-E-14765 || ATLANTIC OCEAN || 18.0 || -32.5 || http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ ||
 * ISS020-E-33502 || ATLANTIC OCEAN || 27.5 || -66.5 || http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ ||

=** Step 3 - Background Research **= The Hydro & Atmosphere It creates wind build up, clouds, and makes it rain. The cold air crosses over the warm waters, and as the heat from the water rises, the the cooler air sinks. They move in a circular motion that creates large amounts of clouds to swirl to cause a hurricane. [] The image goes counter clockwise. Yes, there is a cyclone that looks like a hurricane but goes clockwise. ISS008-E-19646 STS109-E-6003 ISS024-E-013978 We will will observe the oceans because hurricanes form over water. source: [|http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov]
 * 3a. Although there is always an interaction between spheres, which sphere does the features you are studying most closely relate to ?**
 * 3b. What is the signifiance/importance/role of this feature within the Earth system?**
 * 3a. Describe the process of how this feature is formed.**
 * 3b. Draw a sketch or diagram with lables to illustrate how this feature forms:**
 * 4a.. What specific characteristics are used to identify this feature in an image?**
 * 4b.Are there any features that look similar to the feature you are studying but are actualy something else?**
 * 5. List the image identification number for at least three astronaut photographs that include the feature you are investigating.**
 * 6. What specific geographc region on Earth will you focus on to observe this feature, and why?**

=** Step 4 - Experiment Design **= =Final revised question: As the hurricane gets stronger or weaker, does the size of the eye change, and if so why?= - size of eye - location - category - direction of rotation - temperature of water/air - pressure of wind - length of hurricane - speed of hurricane - when it formed

Hypothesis: If the eye of the hurricane changes as the hurricane strengthens or weakens, the eye of the hurricane will change.
=** Step 5 - Collect and Compile Data **=

Ocean || Water || Counter Clockwise || Very || Large Tail || =** Step 6 - Display Data **=
 * ~ ID # ||~ Date ||~ Long. ||~ Lat. ||~ Name ||~ Category ||~ Defined Eye ||~ Location ||~ What is under hurricane ||~ Rotation ||~ Shape of hurricane ||~ Gen. observations ||
 * ISS0717 || 9/8/08 || 24.4N || 79.7W || Ike || 2 || Well Defined || Atlantic
 * ISS0717 || 9/8/08 || 24.4N || 79.7W || Ike || 2 || Well Defined || Atlantic
 * ISS0717 || 9/8/08 || 24.4N || 79.7W || Ike || 2 || Well Defined || Atlantic
 * ISS017-E-15757 || 9/10/08 || 23.9N || 85.3W || Ike || 2 || Not Really || Gulf of Mexico || Water || Counter Clockwise || Very || ISS in picture ||
 * ISS024-E-014730 || 9/15/10 || 55.0N || 20.0W || Igor || 4 || Well Defined || Atlantic Ocean || Water || Counter Clockwise || Some || ISS in the picture, Mulit-tails ||
 * ISS015-E-27126 || 9/4/07 || 81.9W || 14.3N || Felix || 4 || Not Well Defined || Caribbean Sea || Water || Counter Clockwise || Very || Lots of clouds ||
 * ISS015-E-26230 || 9/3/07 || 81.1W || 14.4N || Felix || 3 || Somewhat || Caribbean Sea || Water || Counter Clockwise || Somewhat || Lots of clouds ||
 * ISS015-E-26209 || 9/2/07 || 73.9W || 13.9N || Felix || 5 || Not Well Defined || Caribbean Sea || Water || Counter Clockwise || Very || Lots of clouds ||
 * ISS015-E-26196 || 9/2/07 || 16.7W || 72.6N || Felix || 1 || Somewhat || Caribbean Sea || Water || Counter Clockwise || Cant tell || ISS in picture, Outer clouds thicker eye pops up ||
 * ISS015-E-26220 || 9/3/07 || 20.4W || 80.3N || Felix || 5 || Perfectly || Caribbean Sea || Water || Counter Clockwise || Somewhat || A dent for eye,Thick Clouds ||
 * ISS015-E-25056 || 9/3/07 || 21.1W || 79.7N || Felix || 4 || Perfectly || Caribbean Sea || Water || Counter Clockwise || Somewhat || Big,Cloudy,Clouds not touching hurricane,Move in circular motion ||
 * ISS015-E-27127 || 9/4/07 || 13.6W || 86.ON || Felix || 1 || Not Defined || Central America || Water || Counter Clockwise || Cant Tell || Hard to see entire hurricane,ISS in the picture ||
 * ISS015-E-27126 || 9/4/07 || 81.9W || 14.3N || Felix || 4 || Not Well Defined || Caribbean Sea || Water || Counter Clockwise || Very || Lots of clouds ||
 * ISS015-E-26230 || 9/3/07 || 81.1W || 14.4N || Felix || 3 || Somewhat || Caribbean Sea || Water || Counter Clockwise || Somewhat || Lots of clouds ||
 * ISS015-E-26209 || 9/2/07 || 73.9W || 13.9N || Felix || 5 || Not Well Defined || Caribbean Sea || Water || Counter Clockwise || Very || Lots of clouds ||
 * ISS015-E-26196 || 9/2/07 || 16.7W || 72.6N || Felix || 1 || Somewhat || Caribbean Sea || Water || Counter Clockwise || Cant tell || ISS in picture, Outer clouds thicker eye pops up ||
 * ISS015-E-26220 || 9/3/07 || 20.4W || 80.3N || Felix || 5 || Perfectly || Caribbean Sea || Water || Counter Clockwise || Somewhat || A dent for eye,Thick Clouds ||
 * ISS015-E-25056 || 9/3/07 || 21.1W || 79.7N || Felix || 4 || Perfectly || Caribbean Sea || Water || Counter Clockwise || Somewhat || Big,Cloudy,Clouds not touching hurricane,Move in circular motion ||
 * ISS015-E-27127 || 9/4/07 || 13.6W || 86.ON || Felix || 1 || Not Defined || Central America || Water || Counter Clockwise || Cant Tell || Hard to see entire hurricane,ISS in the picture ||
 * ISS015-E-27126 || 9/4/07 || 81.9W || 14.3N || Felix || 4 || Not Well Defined || Caribbean Sea || Water || Counter Clockwise || Very || Lots of clouds ||
 * ISS015-E-26230 || 9/3/07 || 81.1W || 14.4N || Felix || 3 || Somewhat || Caribbean Sea || Water || Counter Clockwise || Somewhat || Lots of clouds ||
 * ISS015-E-26209 || 9/2/07 || 73.9W || 13.9N || Felix || 5 || Not Well Defined || Caribbean Sea || Water || Counter Clockwise || Very || Lots of clouds ||
 * ISS015-E-26196 || 9/2/07 || 16.7W || 72.6N || Felix || 1 || Somewhat || Caribbean Sea || Water || Counter Clockwise || Cant tell || ISS in picture, Outer clouds thicker eye pops up ||
 * ISS015-E-26220 || 9/3/07 || 20.4W || 80.3N || Felix || 5 || Perfectly || Caribbean Sea || Water || Counter Clockwise || Somewhat || A dent for eye,Thick Clouds ||
 * ISS015-E-25056 || 9/3/07 || 21.1W || 79.7N || Felix || 4 || Perfectly || Caribbean Sea || Water || Counter Clockwise || Somewhat || Big,Cloudy,Clouds not touching hurricane,Move in circular motion ||
 * ISS015-E-27127 || 9/4/07 || 13.6W || 86.ON || Felix || 1 || Not Defined || Central America || Water || Counter Clockwise || Cant Tell || Hard to see entire hurricane,ISS in the picture ||
 * ISS015-E-26220 || 9/3/07 || 20.4W || 80.3N || Felix || 5 || Perfectly || Caribbean Sea || Water || Counter Clockwise || Somewhat || A dent for eye,Thick Clouds ||
 * ISS015-E-25056 || 9/3/07 || 21.1W || 79.7N || Felix || 4 || Perfectly || Caribbean Sea || Water || Counter Clockwise || Somewhat || Big,Cloudy,Clouds not touching hurricane,Move in circular motion ||
 * ISS015-E-27127 || 9/4/07 || 13.6W || 86.ON || Felix || 1 || Not Defined || Central America || Water || Counter Clockwise || Cant Tell || Hard to see entire hurricane,ISS in the picture ||

=** Step 7 - Analyze and Interpret Data **=

=** Step 8 - Draw Conclusions **=

=** Step 9 - Share Research **=

= GLOSSARY =

Hurricanes - A very powerful storm with extremely strong winds over 75 miles per hour, & heavy rain.

Hurricane Isabel- A category five hurricane located in the Atlantic ocean. As it got closer to land the strength weakened.

Rotation of hurricanes- Direction the hurricane turns.

Eye Of Hurricanes- A roughly circular area of comparatively light words and fair weather found at the center of a severe hurricane.

Cyclones- A hurricane that goes clockwise.

Latitude- the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point

Longitude- angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured by the angle contained between the meridian of a particular place and some prime meridian, as that of Greenwich, England, and expressed either in degrees or by some corresponding difference in time.

= REFERENCES =

Definitions from: Expedition Earth and Beyond packets http://dictionary.reference.com/

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