Tropical storm formation

How warm does the sea surface temperature need to be for a tropical storm to form?

• 26 C or higher

• 27 C or higher

• 28 C or higher

• 29 C or higher

Where do tropical storms form?

• Between the Tropics

• On the Equator

• Within the temperate zone

• All seas

In the early stages of tropical storm formation, what must cluster together?

• Winds

• Thunderstorms

• Rain

• Molecules

As a tropical storm develops, air rises rapidly in the centre forming....

• Low pressure

• High pressure

This is the eye of a tropical storm. What is the vortex of fused clouds that surrounds it?

• Thunderstorm

• Eye wall

• Cloud cliff

• Cloud wall

In the northern hemisphere the winds and cloud spiral in which direction as they move to the centre of the tropical storm? (the opposite happens in the southern hemisphere)

• Clockwise

• Anticlockwise

In a tropical storms early stages, what can stop it developing?

• Strong crosswinds

• Light crosswinds

• Solar flares

• Climate change

Tropical storms move from east to west blown by the _____ winds (the name of the surface winds between 0-30 degrees latitude)

What two things will stop a tropical storm?

• Cold water

• Land

• Warm seas

• A weather front

In the later stages of development, the warm air rises so fast and high it becomes super-cooled, dense and sinks straight back through the cloud. This creates the feature known as the ___