1) What is a hurricane? a) It is cold and dangerous b) A large rotating storm with high speed winds that forms over warm waters in tropical areas. c) It is a measure how hot or cold something is d) It is the condition of the atmosphere e) It is the water cycle 2) Which word best describes the eye of the hurricane? a) stormy b) windy c) cold d) calm e) hot 3) What happens after a hurricane makes landfall? a) It gets stronger. b) It gets weaker. c) Its winds pick up speed. d) It begins hailing. e) It begins boiling. 4) What is one effect of hurricanes? a) Winds rip up trees,  destroy crops and houses. b) Create new land c) No flooding d) Create rainbows e) Sunny days 5) What gives hurricanes the energy required to produce such fast winds and produce such large clouds? a) They are powered by cold ocean currents b) They are powered by changes in temperature c) They are powered by rotating winds d) They are powered by warm ocean water 6) Wind will always try to blow in a straight line, so why do hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones spin in a circle a) Because of the rotation of the earth b) Because they are in the northern hemisphere c) Because they are forced to turn when they hit land masses d) Because warm water and cold water travel in different directions 7) Describe the differences in structure between typhoons, cyclones, and hurricanes. a) Hurricanes travel clockwise and typhoons travel counterclockwise b) All three types of storms have the same structure, they just have different names in different areas c) Hurricanes and typhoons have much stronger winds and are therefore more deadly than cyclones d) Hurricanes and typhoons are the same thing but a cyclone is more like a tornado 8) What conditions must be present for a hurricane to form? a) cold water and low pressure b) warm water and low pressure c) cold water and high pressure d) warm water and high pressure 9) Why is a hurricane more likely to hit the coast of Florida than the coast of California? a) The ocean water by Florida is colder than California b) A high pressure system sits over Florida 70 percent of the year. c) The ocean water by Florida is warmer than California d) Florida is on the East coast and California is on the West coast 10) A storm is considered a hurricane when... a) the winds reach at least 74 mph b) the winds reach at least 70 mph c) the winds reach at least 100 mph d) when the winds reach at least 55 mph 11) A hurricane's damage comes primarily from... a) the eye b) storm surges c) high winds d) thunderstorms e) lightening 12) What is the Coriolis effect? a) Spinning in a clockwise motion b) The strength increasing at the equator c) Earth's rotation causes the movement of both air and water to appear to curve d) The movement of air in an up and down motion 13) Why do Hurricanes not form directly on the equator? a) It’s too hot on the equator b) There is not enough wind at the equator c) The Coriolis force needed to spin the hurricane is too weak d) There is only land at the equator 14) What is not a factor needed for a hurricane to form? a) convection currents b) low pressure c) rotation d) cold water e) low wind sheer 15) Tropical storms north of the equator move in a ____________________________ motion. a) clockwise b) counter clockwise c) up and down d) back and forth

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