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WorksheetsCh. 14 Severe Weather Quiz
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is weather?
Weather is the day-to-day conditions in the atmosphere
Weather is the average daily temperature in a region
An extreme atmospheric event
Weather is the study of natural disasters
What is severe weather?
A natural disaster
An extreme weather event
An environmental hazard
Which of these is not an example of severe weather?
Tropical Storms
Acid Rain
Heatwaves
Tornados
Which of these storms only forms over water?
tropical storm
blizzard
In the US & the Caribbean, tropical storms are known as (a)
In Japan, tropical storms are known as (a)
In South-East Asia & Australia, tropical storms are known as (a)
Where do tropical storms form?
In cool regions only
The regions north and south of the equator only
Only on the equator
The regions north of the Caribbean only
Why do tropical storms form in the Tropics? (Choose two correct answers)
Warm, moist air
Lack of wind
Cool ocean temperatures
Warm ocean temperatures
At what time of year do tropical storms form?
Late winter to late autumn
Late summer to late autumn
Late spring to late summer
Summer only
The formation of tropical storms causes an area of high-pressure to form?
True
False
What causes the movement of air towards the eye of a tropical storm?
(a)
What type of winds carry tropical storms?
(a)
The eye is the part of a tropical storm where winds are strongest and rain is heaviest?
True
False
What is the part of a tropical storm where winds are strongest and rain is heaviest?
(a)
The rotating winds of tropical storms move (a) in the southern hemisphere?
How are tropical storms categorised?
Campbell-Stokes recorder
Wind Vane
Saffir-Simpson Scale
Hygrometer
What category of tropical storm brings the strongest winds & most severe damage? Type the number (a)
Can you remember what tropical storm had the strongest sustained winds in recorded history?
Typhoon Tip
Hurricane Milton
Hurricane Patricia
Hurricane Katrina
Where are the Bahamas located?
(a)
What tropical storm did we study as the case study for Ch. 14?
(a)
