WorksheetsHurricanes
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
1) Where do hurricanes form?
Over warm waters in the ocean
Over flat areas of land
On high mountains
At the north and south poles
2) What are hurricanes that form in the Indian Ocean sometimes called?
Twisters
Cyclones
Typhoons
Whirlwinds
3) What is the area of low pressure at the center of a hurricane called?
Eye
Ear
Midway
Medial
4) Where is the most dangerous part of the hurricane with the highest speed winds?
North Quadrant
THe bottom
Eye Wall
Eye
5) What is the minimum sustained wind speed a tropical storm must have to be called a hurricane?
135
74
65
115
6) What do we call the large spirally bands of rain that are generated from a hurricane?
Hail
Eye walls
Rainbands
Storm surge
7) True or False: Hurricanes can grow to over 600 miles wide and 9 miles tall.
True
False
8) What is 'storm surge'?
When hurricanes drop large amounts of rain on small area
When the sea level rises at the coastline due to a hurricane
When the hurricane makes landfall
When the top of the hurricane rises high into the atmosphere
9) How do hurricanes cause damage when they make landfall?
Flooding
High speed winds
Storm surge
Tornadoes
All of the above
10) 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
