1. What is a monsoon?
A monsoon is a seasonal change in winds.


2. What 2 major factors cause monsoons?
The two major causes of monsoons are the moovement upward of the Bermuda High, a huge upper level high pressure system, and the rizing fo the thermal low, a serface low pressure system, caused by the intense heating of the Mohave desert.


3. Give 2 reasons why monsoons could be considered a good thing.
Monsoons could be a good thing because sometimes the bring rain to a dry aria. Another reason monsoos are a good thing is that breaks make it hard for thunderstorms to develop.


4. Give 2 negatives of monsoons.
Monsoons can be a bad thing because they can cause droughts. They can take water away from places that usually get a lot of rain. They can also cause flooding by bringing that water to places that are usually dry.


5. Why did so many people die here? What exactly happened? Please be complete :)
After New Delhi's anual drought, monsoons caused a huge flood killing 240 people. Every year India experiences this drought that kills many people. New Delhi relies on these monsoon winds for agraculture. However this year the sudden rain killed many people and left thousands homeless.


6. After everything that you have read about monsoons, what do you think? Are they good or bad? Why?
I think there are both good and bad results of monsoons. I think that the bad results outweagh the good results. They kill many people and cause flooding.