Hurricanes Modified

Ocean waters must reach what temperature (in Fahrenheit) for hurricanes to form? Just type the number.

The effect that causes hurricanes to rotate is named what?

• Coriolis Effect

• Spinning Effect

• Greenhouse Effect

What semi-permanent air mass steers hurricanes in the Atlantic?

• 
  Bermuda

• Bahamas

• 
  Jamaica

Hurricanes in the Northern Hemisphere rotate in which direction?

• 
  Counterclockwise

• Clockwise

• Toward the sun

In the Southern Hemisphere, low pressure systems rotate in which direction?

• 
  Clockwise

• Counterclockwise

• Toward the moon

Dust and Sand from which desert sheer the tops of hurricanes, causing them to weaken?

• 
  Sahara

• 
  Arabian

• Mojave

The relatively calm region at the center of a hurricane is called the

• eye

• eyewall

• face

The scale used to measure hurricane intensity is known as what?

• Saffir Simpson Scale

• Fujita Scale

• 
  Low Pressure Scale

Hurricanes have which type of air pressure?

• Low

• Medium

• High

The upward movement of warm, wet air is known as

• Updraft

• 
  Downdraft

• Gust