Use this paragraph: A weather satellite detects a tropical cyclone forming north of the equator in the Atlantic Ocean. After investigating atmospheric conditions and wind patterns, scientists predict the tropical cyclone will cross the extra-warm waters of the Gulf Stream within the next day.

How will this development most likely affect the tropical cyclone?

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Responses

Its speed will slow down.
Its speed will slow down.

Its breadth will be reduced.
Its breadth will be reduced.

Its strength will intensify.
Its strength will intensify.

Its spiraling winds will change direction.

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The best response is:

Its strength will intensify.

Tropical cyclones typically gain strength when they move over warm waters, such as those found in the Gulf Stream.