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Severe Weather: Hurricanes
Test Description: Hurricane Information
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is is a large rotating storm with high speed winds that forms over warm waters in tropical areas?
A
Tropical Cyclone
B
Hurricane
C
Typhoon
D
All of these
2) What is true about the eye of the hurricane?
A
All of these are true.
B
There are generally no clouds in the eye.
C
The eye is an area of very low air pressure.
D
It is located at the center of the hurricane
3) What is true about the eye wall?
A
Around the outside of the eye is a wall made up of very heavy clouds.
B
The winds at the eye wall can reach speeds of 155 miles per hour.
C
All of these are true.
D
This is the most dangerous part of the hurricane and where the highest speed winds are.
4) What is true about hurricane names?
A
Once a storm’s wind speed reachers 39 miles an hour, it becomes a tropical storm and is given a name
B
There are six lists of names and each year a new list is used. A name is retired if the hurricane is severe.
C
All of these are true.
D
The names go in alphabetical order and they alternate between female and male names.
5) Which stage of a hurricane is it when it has maximum sustained wind speeds that range from 39 to 73 mph.
A
Tropical Storm
B
Tropical disturbance
C
Hurricane
D
Tropical Depression
6) What is the name of scale that rates hurricanes?
A
Saffir-Simpson
B
None of these
C
Fujita or Enhanced Fujita
D
Richter Scale
7) Which is the hurricane warning?
A
Tropical Storm conditions are expected in your area within the next 24 hours.
B
Tropical storm conditions with sustained winds from 39 -74 mph are possible in your area within the next 36 hours.
C
Hurricane conditions with sustained winds of 74 mph or greater are possible in your area within the next 36 hours.
D
Hurricane conditions are expected in your area within 24 hours.
8) What is the best thing to do to survive a hurricane?
A
If it looks like the storm is going to hit your home, lie on the floor under a table or another sturdy object.
B
Ride out the storm in an interior room, such as a hallway or closet on the lowest level of your house.
C
Bring in anything that could blow away, like garbage cans and outdoor furniture.
D
Follow local instructions and leave the area, or evacuate, if officials say you should.
9) When do hurricanes occur?
A
All of these are true
B
If there is a tropical depression and the water is at least 79°F.
C
In the Northern Hemisphere, hurricanes generally occur between mid-August to late Oc
D
In the Southern Hemisphere , storm season is between April and December.
10) What is the correct order of the development of a hurricane?
A
Tropical Storm, Tropical Depression, Hurricane
B
Tropical Depression, Tropical Storm, Hurricane
C
Tropical Storm, Tropical Wave, Hurricane
D
None of these
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