WorksheetsALL ABOUT HURRICANES
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a whirling tropical cyclone the produces sustained winds of at least 74 mph?
a)
tropical depression
b)
tropical storm
c)
hurricane
d)
tropical disturbance
2.
Which tropical cyclonic activity produces sustained winds up to 38 mph?
a)
tropical depression
b)
tropical storm
c)
hurricane
d)
tropical disturbance
3.
What are the most intense winds located in a hurricane?
a)
eyewall
b)
outer wall
c)
eye
d)
ear
4.
In the Pacific, hurricanes are called ________.
a)
Cyclones
b)
Tornados
c)
Typhoons
d)
Tsunamis
5.
What is issued several days before a hurricane makes land fall?
a)
Hurricane Watch
b)
Hurricane Warning
6.
What is issued 24 hours before a hurricane makes land fall?
a)
Hurricane Watch
b)
Hurricane Warning
7.
When is hurricane season in the South East United States?
a)
January - March
b)
November - February
c)
June - November
d)
May - June
8.
What causes the greatest damage from a hurricane?
a)
storm surge
b)
wind
c)
lightning
d)
hail
9.
Hurricanes are classified according to the _________.
a)
Fujita Intensity Scale
b)
Homer-Simpson Scale
c)
Sotoyama Scale
d)
Saffir-Simpson Scale
10.
What destroys a hurricane?
a)
Strong vertical winds
b)
Cold water
c)
Movement over land
d)
All of the above
11.
What process brings the deep cold ocean currents up to the surface?
a)
Conduction
b)
Global Wind Patterns
c)
Convection Currents
d)
Temperature and salinity
15.
Where is the eye of a hurricane located?
a)
The center of the storm
b)
The outside edge of the storm
13.
Hurricanes form when warm and moist air rise into the atmosphere.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Hurricanes weaken above land because they cannot suck up warm and moist water.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Where is the eye of a hurricane located?
a)
The center of the storm
b)
The outside edge of the storm
16.
What is the eye wall?
a)
the center of a hurricane
b)
the area that surrounds the eye of the hurricane
17.
Where in the world did the thunderstorm form that eventually became Hurricane Katrina?
a)
off the coast of West Africa
b)
off the coast of East Africa
c)
off the coast of Europe
d)
off the coast of Asia
18.
What is the speed of a hurricane that travels 140 miles in 1 hour
a)
140 mph
b)
130 mph
c)
70 mph
d)
35 mph
19.
Which causes more damage: a category 1 hurricane or a category 5 hurricane?
a)
category 1
b)
category 5
20.
What is the windspeed of a category 5 hurricane?
a)
130 mph
b)
more than 130 mph
c)
155 mph
d)
more than 155 mph
21.
How far below sea level is the city of New Orleans?
a)
7-10 feet
b)
5 feet
c)
3 feet
d)
20 feet
22.
How did New Orleans grow?
a)
by draining the wetlands that were New Orleans
b)
economic growth
c)
more indentured servant labor
23.
When were the flood walls completed?
a)
the early 90s
b)
the 1960's
c)
the 1970's
d)
the 1920's
24.
What determined whether or not Hurricane Katrina affected people more?
a)
socioeconomic status
b)
location in New Orleans
c)
Distance from the eye of the storm
d)
None of the above
25.
How fast do winds have to be before it is considered a hurricane?
a)
50 mph
b)
75 mph
c)
100 mph
d)
40 mph
26.
Why does the air mass of the hurricane rotate counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere?
a)
because of the uneven heating from the sun
b)
because of the upwelling of warm water in the ocean where it forms
c)
because the Northern Hemisphere is moving faster than the Southern Hemisphere causing spinning
d)
because the spinning of the earth causes the Coriolis effect
27.
When do hurricanes usually develop?
a)
January through April
b)
September through October
c)
June through November
d)
January through June
28.
Where is the most destructive part of the hurricane?
a)
along the top of the hurricane from 9 o'clock to 3 o'clock
b)
in the left half from 6 o'clock to 12 o'clock
c)
on the left side from 12 o'clock to 6 o'clock
d)
in the lower half from 3 o'clock to 9 oclock
29.
Why do hurricanes have to have low pressure?
a)
because low pressure causes air to rise
b)
because low pressure causes air to sink
c)
because low pressure makes sea breezes used by the hurricane
d)
because high pressure causes air to rise
30.
Before it becomes a hurricane, it is called a
a)
tropical cyclone
b)
tropical typhoon
c)
tropical depression
d)
tropical storm surge
31.
Where do the hurricanes that hit the US form?
a)
in warm water of the western Pacific ocean off the coast of South America
b)
in the warm water of a La Nina
c)
in the warm Atlantic water off the western coast of Africa
d)
in the warm Atlantic water off the coast of Hawaii
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