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Year 9 Weather Hazards 9.10

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are tropical cyclones that form in the Pacific Ocean called?

a)

funnel clouds

b)

downdrafts

c)

tornadoes

d)

typhoons

2.

What is the calm center of a hurricane called?

a)

funnel cloud

b)

downburst

c)

eyewall

d)

eye

3.

What temperature does the ocean have to be in order for a tropical storm to form?

a)

35 degrees

b)

27 degrees

c)

40 degrees

d)

20 degrees

4.
10. What is the strongest category of hurricane?
a)
Category 5
b)
Category 10
c)
Category 1
5.

What is the name for a tropical storm that forms in the Caribbean?

a)

Typhoon

b)

Willywilly

c)

Cyclone

d)

Hurricane

6.

What is this?

a)

blizzard

b)

thunderstorm

c)

flood

d)

hurricane

7.

What is this?

a)

flood

b)

hail

c)

thunderstorm

d)

blizzard

8.

Which of these are air masses that affect the UK weather? (Choose 2)

a)

The polar tropical

b)

The intercontinental

c)

Polar Maritime

d)

Arctic air mass

9.

Select the two effects (or impacts) of flooding?

a)

Rescuing people by boat

b)

Cars stranded on roads

c)

Putting sand bags by the door

d)

Trains cancelled due to damage

10.

Why might extreme weather be getting worse for the UK?

a)

We have a tropical climate

b)

Climate change is bringing higher sea temperatures

c)

We are an island

11.

Do tropical storms cause more damage in HICs or LICs?

a)

HICs

b)

LICs

12.

For a hurricane, cyclone or typhoon to develop, wind speeds need to exceed....

a)

65 mph

b)

70 mph

c)

75 mph

d)

85 mph

13.
Most of the damage done by a hurricane is the result of _____
a)
water
b)
wind
c)
tornadoes
d)
lightning