Storms 2020

What is the center of hurricane called?  

• Nose
• Eye
• Super Center
• Cell

Thunderstorm clouds are called - 

• Cirrus
• Stratus
• Cumulus
• Cumulonimbus

Why do hurricanes inflict more damage than tornadoes?

• they are larger
• they last longer
• also associated with flooding and strong rains
• all of the above

These can be produced by thunderstorms

• stationary fronts
• tornadoes
• volcanoes
• tsunamis

Tornadoes occur along a what kind of front?

• cold front
• warm front
• loving front
• back and front

A violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cloud.

• Hurricane
• Tornado
• Thunderstorm

• hurricane
• tornado
• thunderstorm

Damage caused by storm surge, which results in coastal flooding.

• Hurricane
• Tornado
• Thunderstorm

What are tropical cyclones that form in the Pacific Ocean called?

• funnel clouds

• downdrafts

• tornadoes

• typhoons

What causes the air of a tropical storm to rotate?

• the Coriolis effect

• supercells

• funnel clouds

• strong downwinds