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Learners study carefully the Track of Tropical Storm Urduja and answer the
succeeding questions below.
Q1. Where did tropical storm Urduja develop? Inside or outside the PAR?
- Inside.
Q2. When is its first landfall?
- 11A.M., 16 December 2017
Q3. When did it leave the PAR?
- 11A.M., 20 December 2017
E. Discussing new Learners study the path of three tropical cyclones that entered the Philippines
concepts and and crosses through or near Biliran Island. They will answer some guide
practicing new questions.
skills #2
Q1. Where did the tropical cyclones form? On land or in the ocean?
- In the ocean.
Q2. What can you say about the temperature of the bodies of water in the vicinity
of the Philippines? Is the water warm or cold?
- Warm because we are near the equator.
Q3. In what direction did the tropical cyclones move?
- Generally, they travel in Northwest direction.
Q4. In which part of the Philippines was hit first by the four tropical cyclones?
- Eastern Visayas and Southern Luzon
Q5. Where did these tropical cyclones die out? Near the land or in the middle of
the ocean?
- In the ocean.
EXPLAIN
- Lecture on the formation of tropical cyclones.
Tropical cyclones usually form where there is warm water. The temperature
should be 26.5°C or more. The warm ocean water heats up the air above it. The
warm air then rises. The rising warm air results in a low-pressure area. Air in the
surroundings will then move toward the area.
Now, there is water vapor in the rising warm air. The water vapor soon
condenses and heat is given off. The heat makes the air rise even more, and air
in the surroundings will keep coming in. The air starts to spin, and a tropical
F. Developing
mastery (leads cyclone is born.
to Formative Our country is located near the equator. Thus, it is warm in the vicinity of the
Assessment) Philippines, both on land and in the surrounding bodies of water. The warm water
supplies the water vapor that a tropical cyclone needs to keep it going.
From the map, we can see that the tropical cyclones move in a northwest
direction. Not all tropical cyclones move this way. But this is the general rule for
those that start from the Pacific Ocean.
Tropical cyclones weaken when they hit land. They die out over land because
they need warm water to sustain them. They need water vapor to keep them
going. Even when the tropical cyclone is still in a body of water, it may weaken
and die out if the water is cold.
G. Finding practical ELABORATE
applications of Learners will try to answer the question:
concepts and 1. Why do some tropical cyclones have curved path as in the case of typhoon
skills in daily Tisoy?
living
-(Learners answer may vary.)
2. Why is Mindanao not usually hit by tropical cyclones?
-(Responses may vary.)
Discuss that there are different reasons why tropical cyclones curved.
One, there could be a low pressure area in that region. So the wind in the
surroundings move toward that region and the tropical cyclone is carried along.
Remember, winds blow toward low pressure areas.
H. Making Another reason is there could be a high pressure area in the path of the
generalizations tropical cyclone. So the tropical cyclone cannot proceed and is diverted along a
and abstractions different way.
about the lesson Note where the tropical cyclones start: at the latitude of the Visayas and
Mindanao. So when a tropical cyclone moves to the northwest, it ends up in
Luzon.
These are the reasons why Mindanao is not commonly hit by tropical
cyclones. Unless the following happens: a) the tropical cyclone starts at a latitude
closer to the equator, or b) the tropical cyclone moves directly to the west, instead
of moving to the northwest. This is what happened in Mindanao in recent years.
I. Evaluating EVALUATE
learning Study the track of Typhoon Glenda and answer the following questions briefly.
EXTEND
Answer the questions in your journal notebook.
J. Additional
activities for
- Why do we need to learn more about the formation and behaviour of tropical
application or
cyclones?
remediation
- As a student, what will you do in order to prepare yourself for a coming tropical
cyclone?
V. REMARKS
Prepared by:
DESIREE S. MONZALES
Student
Submitted to:
MAE V. CEBLANO
Professor