Weather

is the horizontal movement of air that occurs as a result of pressure differences between low and high air masses

• Ice

• Wind

• fossils

• hydrometer

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What is a tornado?

• my little brother running around the house

• a spinning cloud shaped like a funnel

• a tall rain cloud

• a hurricane

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What temperature of the ocean does a hurricane need to be form?

• Warm

• Cold

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This extreme weather event forms over warm oceans and weakens when it hits land.

• Hurricane

• Tornado

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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

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What is the name of a hurricane in Asia?

• Cyclone

• Typhoon

• Bob

• Dennis

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What is the name given to the wind blowing from sea to land?

• Thunderstorm

• Land breeze

• Sea breeze

• Cyclone

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Which of the following plays an important role in the early-warning systems for cyclones?

• Helicopters

• Submarines

• Satellites

• Stars

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Which part of the earth gets the maximum amount of sunlight?

• North Pole

• South Pole

• Equator

• Tropics

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The instrument that measures the wind speed in a cyclone is

• Anemometer

• Barometer

• Thermometer

• Ammeter

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