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Hurricanes tend to disperse after making landfall because the land is much hotter than the ocean water.

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Answer: False

Step-by-step explanation:

For a Hurricane to keep going it needs to have hot air constantly going up and cold air coming down. When it gets to land, it loses access to the heat and moisture of the sea which is greater than on land. This forces it to weaken and to eventually dissipate.

Therefore, hurricanes disperse after making landfall because land is not as hot as the ocean water.

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