Hurricane Basic Facts

Multiple Choice

North America's hurricane season is:

• June 1 to November 30

• Dec and January

• October 1-November 30

• All summer

Multiple Select

To form hurricanes need which TWO things?

• warm water

• steady winds

• cold water

• land

Multiple Choice

1) Where do hurricanes form?

• Over warm waters in the ocean

• Over flat areas of land

• On high mountains

• At the north and south poles

Multiple Choice

Hurricanes lose power when they travel over...

• land

• warm water

• homes

• the ocean

Multiple Choice

What is the calm area in the center of a hurricane called?

• Wall
• Eye
• Arm
• Hole

Multiple Choice

Where are the strongest winds and heaviest rains in a hurricane located?

• In the eyewall
• In the outer bands
• On the leading edge
• On the lagging edge

Multiple Choice

6) What do we call the large spirally bands of rain that are generated from a hurricane?

• Hail

• Eye walls

• Rainbands

• Storm surge

Open Ended

Describe two ways a hurricane will weaken and dissapate

Multiple Choice

The scale used to measure the size of hurricanes is called the __________.

• Saffir-Simpson Scale

• Cal-Ripkin Scale

• Richter Scale

Multiple Choice

Which Category would you find winds stronger than 156 miles per hour?

• Category 5

• Category 4

• Category 3

• Category 2

• Category 1

Multiple Choice

If a hurricane destroyed nearly all of the homes in an area,what category hurricane was it likely to have been?

• 1

• 3

• 2

• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following from weakest to strongest hurricane category.

• minimal

• moderate

• extensive

• extreme

• catastrophic

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

9) How do hurricanes cause damage when they make landfall?

• Flooding

• High speed winds

• Storm surge

• Tornadoes

• All of the above

Open Ended

Describe storm surge

Open Ended

Keeping in mind that hurricane season in the Atlantic basin runs from June through November, is a hurricane in August ore likely to be named Nadine or Ernesto? Why?

Multiple Choice

People who fly into the storm in special aircraft are called _____.

• hurricane hunters

• hurricane daredevils

• hurricane fighters

Poll

How confident are you about hurricane facts?

• I am a hurricane expert

• I learned some stuff but I still have questions

• I barely know anything about hurricanes