earth science exam

type of warning issued 36 hours in advance

• Hurricane

• Tsunami Advisory
• Earthquake Warning
• Tornado Alert

minimum wind speed for category 1 hurricane

• 193 km/h

• 119 km/h

• 80 km/h

• 160 km/h

weather hazard involving a lack of moisture

• flood
• drought
• hurricane
• blizzard

this extends from northern Texas through Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri

• Storm Street
• Tornado Alley
• Hurricane Highway
• Cyclone Corridor

name for the swirling column in a tornado

• vortex
• whirlwind
• cyclone
• twister

the cause of 80 deaths and 150 injuries each year

• car accidents
• lightning strikes
• drowning incidents
• tornadoes

used for estimating property damage and flooding when a hurricane makes landfall

• Hurricane damage models and flood maps
• saffir-simpson scale

• Earthquake damage models and landslide maps
• Tornado damage models and drought maps

the type of cloud lighting is associated with

• Stratocumulus
• Cumulonimbus
• Cirrostratus
• Nimbostratus

a microburst is a form of a

• hurricane
• tornado
• downdraft
• updraft

more lives are lost during a hurricanes's

• Landfall
• Calm before the storm
• Tornado
• storm surge