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Hurricanes - Quiz
Contributed by: Rossi
  • 1. Where do hurricanes form?
A) High in the mountains
B) Inside large thunderstorms
C) Over warm waters in the ocean
D) Over flat areas of land
  • 2. What is the area of low pressure at the center of a hurricane called?
A) Eye
B) Midway
C) Midpoint
D) Ear
  • 3. Where is the most dangerous part of the hurricane with the highest speed winds?
A) Top
B) Bottom
C) Outer Edge
D) Eye Wall
  • 4. What is the minimum sustained wind speed a tropical storm must have to be called a hurricane?
A) 155 mph
B) 74 mph
C) 50 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) Storm Surge
C) Rainbow
D) Rainbands
  • 6. True or False: Hurricanes can grow to over 600 miles wide and 9 miles tall.
A) False
B) True
  • 7. What is 'storm surge'?
A) When the hurricane generates a large number of thunderstorms
B) When the sea level rises at the coastline due to a hurricane
C) When hurricanes drop large amounts of rain on small area
D) When the hurricane makes landfall
  • 8. How do hurricanes cause damage when they make landfall?
A) High Winds
B) Storm Surge
C) All the answers are correct
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 3
B) Category 2
C) Category 1
D) Category 4
E) Category 5
  • 10. What are hurricanes that form in the Indian Ocean sometimes called?
A) Tornadoes
B) Cyclones
C) Storm Surge
D) Twisters
E) Fascianis
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