Hurricanes - Quiz

1. Where do hurricanes form?

A) Inside large thunderstorms
B) High in the mountains
C) Over flat areas of land
D) Over warm waters in the ocean

2. What is the area of low pressure at the center of a hurricane called?

A) Midpoint
B) Ear
C) Eye
D) Midway

3. Where is the most dangerous part of the hurricane with the highest speed winds?

A) Top
B) Eye Wall
C) Outer Edge
D) Bottom

4. What is the minimum sustained wind speed a tropical storm must have to be called a hurricane?

A) 155 mph
B) 50 mph
C) 74 mph
D) 99 mph

5. What do we call the large spirally bands of rain that are generated from a hurricane?

A) Eye Wall
B) Rainbow
C) Rainbands
D) Storm Surge

6. True or False: Hurricanes can grow to over 600 miles wide and 9 miles tall.

A) True
B) False

7. What is 'storm surge'?

A) When the hurricane generates a large number of thunderstorms
B) When the hurricane makes landfall
C) When the sea level rises at the coastline due to a hurricane
D) When hurricanes drop large amounts of rain on small area

8. How do hurricanes cause damage when they make landfall?

A) High Winds
B) All the answers are correct
C) Storm Surge
D) Flooding

9. If a hurricane had sustained winds of 80 mph and was 700 miles in diameter, what category of hurricane would it be?

A) Category 1
B) Category 4
C) Category 3
D) Category 5
E) Category 2

10. What are hurricanes that form in the Indian Ocean sometimes called?

A) Twisters
B) Tornadoes
C) Storm Surge
D) Cyclones
E) Fascianis

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