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Worksheetstropical storms
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which of the following is NOT a location where tropical storms form?
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean
What is the feature marked with a red arrow?
The eye
Thunderhead
Storm surge
Heavy rainfall
Which of the following are descriptive words you could use to describe a tropical storm? Tick the four that apply.
Dry
Torrential
Gusts
Towering
Spinning
True or false: tropical storms form over cool water
True
False
Which of the following does NOT occur in tropical storms?
Strong winds
Heavy rainfall
Coastal flooding from the sea
Heavy snowfall
What are tropical cyclones that form in the Pacific Ocean called?
funnel clouds
downdrafts
tornadoes
typhoons
What is the calm center of a hurricane called?
funnel cloud
downburst
eyewall
eye
When did Hurricane Katrina form?
August 22nd, 2005
August 21st, 2005
September 21st
August 23rd, 2005
How many people lost their lives to Katrina?
around 1,833 people
around 1,420 people
an estimated 1,800 people
an estimated 6,900 people
What happened in New Orleans?
A princess kissed a frog.
The city was water proof, #EPIC
There was Levee failure and the city flooded.
There was a display of really good engineering.
How did the community prevent the events of New Orleans from reoccurring?
They hired a professional, Bob the Builder.
They equipped a really big bucket
They made an improved disaster plan and built better levees.
They didn't, New Orleans is extinct.
When did Hurricane Katrina strike the USA?
August 2004
April 2004
August 2005
April 2005
The city of New Orleans was badly effected. In which state is New Orleans?
Texas
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Which agency forecast and tracked the storm?
FEMA
NHC
Red Cross
NASA
Which major lake was contaminated with sewage and other pollution?
Lake Pontchartrain
Spirit Lake
Lake Eerie
Great Bear Lake
