Hurricane Notes

Multiple Choice

Choose the description that best represents what is depicted in the graph.

• Ocean temperatures do not increase or decrease hurricane strength

• Category 5 storms occur over warmer water than Category 3 storms.

• The most common hurricane strength is a Category 4.

• Category 5 storms impact more people than Category 3 storms.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is accurate regarding hurricanes?

• They pick up power as they move across cooler waters.

• They originate in tropical seas where there is hot, moist air.

• They originate over land and travel out to sea.

• They have caused more deaths in recent years than over the past 100 years.

Multiple Choice

The rise of water above normal sea level that is associated with a hurricane is called the ________.

• wall cloud

• eye

• tide

• storm surge

Multiple Choice

What is the shape of a hurricane?

• square

• diamond

• circle

• hexagon

Multiple Choice

The winds of a hurricane spiral _________ in the Northern Hemisphere.

• Clockwise

• Counter-clockwise

• North to South

• East to West

Multiple Choice

The greatest threat during a hurricane is ____________.

• wind damage

• loss of power

• storm surge

• drought

Multiple Choice

You are a meteorologist for the National Hurricane Center.  You expect a Level 1 Hurricane to come ashore in the Galveston area in 18 hours.  Forecast models are only showing a 2-3ft storm surge.  What will you issue and what will you advise residents in the Galveston area?

• Hurricane warning; residents should find shelter

• Hurricane warning; residents should evacuate

• Hurricane watch; residents should find shelter

• Hurricane watch; residents should evacuate

Multiple Select

You are a member of the Red Cross Organization.  Your team has been called to give relief and aide in clean-up of an area that has been devastated by a hurricane.  What conditions do you and your team expect to see when you arrive in the area?

• No utilities

• Displacement of snakes and other vermin

• Limited communication

• Health hazards