WorksheetsG8 Formative Typhoons
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
The following are considered hydrometeors EXCEPT:
Haze
Rain
Sleet
Hail
What temperature does the ocean surface have to be in order for a tropical storm to form?
35 degrees
27 degrees
40 degrees
20 degrees
In the study of meteorology, what does 'landfall' mean?
When rocks fall into the sea
When a hole is formed in the land
when the storm reaches the land
when the storm hits the ocean
Name the city that was 90% destroyed by Typhoon Yolanda.
Talcoban
Taliban
Tacloban
Trafficban
What weather conditions are found in the eye?
Calm and clear
Fastest winds
Heavy rainfall
Low pressure
Warm air rising creates:
Low pressure
High pressure
The process when warm moist air cools and becomes clouds?
Evaporation
Condensation
Transpiration
Solidification
What type of storm is pictured here?
Tornado
Thunderstorm
Winter storm
Tropical cyclone
True or false: Storms are caused by slow, steady changes in air pressure.
True
False
Thunderstorms can bring:
Heavy precipitation
Thunder and lightning
Strong winds
All of the above
Tropical storms are large areas of...
High pressure
Low pressure
Dry, calm air
The area of lowest pressure in a typhoon is...
Farthest from the middle or "eye"
Half way between the eye and the outer edge
At the middle or "eye"
Nowhere; Hurricanes are high pressure systems
Winds in a tropical storm (typhoon) move from the outside of the storm towards the eye because...
The eye has the lowest pressure and air moves from high to low pressure.
The eye has the highest pressure and air moves from low to high pressure
Tropical storms in the Northwest Pacific are called
Hurricanes
Cyclones
Typhoons
Tornados
Tropical Storms in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean are called
Hurricanes
Cyclones
Typhoons
Tornados
Storms spin counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and spin clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
true
false
What is the name of an apparent deflective force driven by the Earth's spin that gives storms the rotation needed for development?
Corolla force
Borealis force
Vortex force
Coriolis force
The type of air mass that is warm and humid.
Continental polar
Arctic
Maritime tropical
Continental tropical
As air mass travel over land or water it acquires the characteristic of the area, this is called (a) .
The following are conditions for typhoon formation EXCEPT:
Continuous evaporation and water cycles
Difference in air pressure
Convergent winds
Heavy precipitation
