WorksheetsHurricanes
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Where do hurricanes form?
Over warm waters in the ocean
over flat areas of land
on high mountains
at the north and south poles
inside large thunderstorms
What are hurricanes that form in the Indian Ocean sometimes called?
Twisters
Cyclones
Tornadoes
Typhoons
Whirlwinds
What is the area of low pressure at the center of a hurricane called?
Midpoint
Ear
Medial
Eye
Midway
Where is the most dangerous part of the hurricane with the higest wind speeds?
outer edge
the top
eye
the bottom
eye wall
What is the minimum sustained wind speed a tropical storm must have to be called a hurricane?
50 mph
74 mph
100 mph
125 mph
155 mph
What do we call the large spirally bands of rain that re generated from a hurricane?
hail
storm surge
rainbands
eye walls
rainbows
True or False: Hurricanes can grow to over 600 miles wide and 9 miles tall.
True
False
What is a storm surge?
When hurricanes drop large amounts of rain on a small area
When the top of the hurricane rises high into the atmosphere
When the hurricane makes landfall
When the sea level rises at the coastline due to a hurricane
When the hurricane generates a large number of thunderstorms
How do hurricanes cause damage when they make landfall
flooding
high speed winds
storm surge
tornadoes
all the above
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
Category 5
