Tropical Storms

Tropical storms are large rotating storms that are formed over warm ocean waters near

• Artic region

• polar regions

• the equator

• maritime high pressure system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Tropical storms, tropical cyclones and typhoons are the same. They are called tropical because it forms over

• cold polar waters

• warm polar waters

• warm equator waters

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The most powerful tropical storm or typhoon is

• tornado

• blizzard

• hurricane

• monsoon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What causes the tropical storms to spin as it moves from the tropics?

• global conveyor belt

• Earth's revolution

• Earth's rotation(Coriolis effect)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Hurricanes will slowly stop when no more energy to sustain itself. What fuels hurricane?

• cold moist air

• warm moist air

• humidity and dewpoint

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Why hurricanes stop when it moves over land?

• it collided with cold air in land

• it collided with warm, dry air in land

• no more warm moist air over land

What type of climate in the polar regions

• warm and moist

• warm and humid

• freezing and low rainfall

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of climate in the tropics?

• cold and dry

• warm and dry

• warm and moist

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What the best instrument to detect hurricanes?

• anemometer

• Doppler radar

• weather satellites

Which is the result if high pressure systems remain the area for a long period of time?

• fog

• drought

• tornado

• hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5