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Storms
Test Description: Storms
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following is NOT true concerning hurricanes?
A
Most of the deadliest hurricanes occured a long time ago due to lack of technology to predict hurric
B
They started gettting named in the 1950's
C
Most of the deadliest hurricanes occurred recently due to the increased populations along shorelines
D
Once a hurricane is deadly or costly enough, the name is retired out of respect
2) This is the safest place in your home when a tornado warning has been issued
A
center of the basement
B
corner of the basement
C
outside
D
bathroom of the basement
3) Hurricanes are classified according to intensity using the ____.
A
Richter scale
B
Saffir-Simpson scale
C
Doppler scale
D
Fujita scale
4) The mature stage of a thunderstorm is associated with which of the following?
A
heavy precipitation
B
updrafts
C
downdrafts
D
two of these are correct
5) The greatest number of thunderstorms occur in the ____.
A
high latitudes
B
mountains
C
middle latitudes
D
tropics
6) Which of the following is NOT true concerning hail?
A
Often form around dust, a bug or ice crystal
B
All thunderstorms produce hail
C
Often associated with tornadoes
D
Become larger when the storm is strong enough for the updrafts to keep it in the clouds.
7) The eye of a hurricane has the ____.
A
highest air pressure
B
highest wind speeds
C
most intense rainfall
D
calmest weather
8) Thunderstorms form when warm, humid air rises in a/an ____.
A
counterclockwise spiral
B
unstable environment
C
stable environment
D
clockwise spiral
9) What causes a hurricane to lose energy when it moves onto land?
A
friction
B
heating from below by land
C
lack of warm, moist air
D
two of these are correct
10) The center of a tornado is characterized by its ____.
A
very high pressure
B
eye wall
C
low pressure
D
sinking air
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