Hurricanes

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

2) What are hurricanes that form in the Indian Ocean sometimes called?

• Twisters

• Cyclones

• Typhoons

• Whirlwinds

3) What is the area of low pressure at the center of a hurricane called?

• Eye

• Ear

• Midway

• Medial

4) Where is the most dangerous part of the hurricane with the highest speed winds?

• North Quadrant

• THe bottom

• Eye Wall

• Eye

5) What is the minimum sustained wind speed a tropical storm must have to be called a hurricane?

• 135

• 74

• 65

• 115

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

• Hail

• Eye walls

• Rainbands

• Storm surge

7) True or False: Hurricanes can grow to over 600 miles wide and 9 miles tall.

• True

• False

8) What is 'storm surge'?

• When hurricanes drop large amounts of rain on small area

• When the sea level rises at the coastline due to a hurricane

• When the hurricane makes landfall

• When the top of the hurricane rises high into the atmosphere

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

• Flooding

• High speed winds

• Storm surge

• Tornadoes

• All of the above

10) If a hurricane had sustained winds of 80 mph and was 700 miles in diameter, what category of hurricane would it be?

• Category 1

• Category 2

• Category 3

• Category 4