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Ch. 14 Severe Weather Quiz

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is weather?

a)

Weather is the day-to-day conditions in the atmosphere

b)

Weather is the average daily temperature in a region

c)

An extreme atmospheric event

d)

Weather is the study of natural disasters

2.

What is severe weather?

a)

A natural disaster

b)

An extreme weather event

c)

An environmental hazard

3.

Which of these is not an example of severe weather?

a)

Tropical Storms

b)

Acid Rain

c)

Heatwaves

d)

Tornados

4.

Which of these storms only forms over water?

a)
tornado
b)

tropical storm

c)
thunderstorm
d)

blizzard

5.

In the US & the Caribbean, tropical storms are known as (a)  

6.

In Japan, tropical storms are known as (a)  

7.

In South-East Asia & Australia, tropical storms are known as (a)  

8.

Where do tropical storms form?

a)

In cool regions only

b)

The regions north and south of the equator only

c)

Only on the equator

d)

The regions north of the Caribbean only

9.

Why do tropical storms form in the Tropics? (Choose two correct answers)

a)

Warm, moist air

b)

Lack of wind

c)

Cool ocean temperatures

d)

Warm ocean temperatures

10.

At what time of year do tropical storms form?

a)

Late winter to late autumn

b)

Late summer to late autumn

c)

Late spring to late summer

d)

Summer only

11.

The formation of tropical storms causes an area of high-pressure to form?

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What causes the movement of air towards the eye of a tropical storm?

(a)  

13.

What type of winds carry tropical storms?

(a)  

14.

The eye is the part of a tropical storm where winds are strongest and rain is heaviest?

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What is the part of a tropical storm where winds are strongest and rain is heaviest?

(a)  

16.

The rotating winds of tropical storms move (a)   in the southern hemisphere?

17.

How are tropical storms categorised?

a)

Campbell-Stokes recorder

b)

Wind Vane

c)

Saffir-Simpson Scale

d)

Hygrometer

18.

What category of tropical storm brings the strongest winds & most severe damage? Type the number (a)  

19.
What happens if a hurricane moves over land or cold ocean water?
a)
it will get stronger
b)
it will get weaker
c)
it will upgrade its category
d)
it will morph into a typhoon
20.

Can you remember what tropical storm had the strongest sustained winds in recorded history?

a)

Typhoon Tip

b)

Hurricane Milton

c)

Hurricane Patricia

d)

Hurricane Katrina

21.

Where are the Bahamas located?

(a)  

22.

What tropical storm did we study as the case study for Ch. 14?

(a)