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What is the most intense part of a hurricane?
a) eye
b) eye bands
c) rain bands
d) eye wall
What is the fuel or the engine that keeps a hurricane alive?
a) land
b) cold water
c) warm water
d) wind
What is the name of the scale used to rank hurricanes?
a) Richter Scale
b) Saffir Simpson Scale
c) Tropical Scale
d) Hurricane Scale
What are the 3 ingredients necessary for a hurricane to form?
a) 80 degrees or warmer water, surface level low pressure, upper level high pressure
b) 100 degrees or warmer water, surface level high pressure, upper level low pressure
c) 80 degrees or warmer water, surface level high pressure, upper level low pressure
d) 100 degrees or warmer water, surface level low pressure, upper level high pressure
What is the calmest part of a hurricane?
a) eye wall
b) rain bands
c) storm surge
d) eye
What is the correct order for development of a hurricane?
a) tropical depression, tropical wave, tropical storm, hurricane
b) tropical storm, tropical wave, tropical depression, hurricane
c) tropical wave, tropical depression, tropical storm, hurricane
d) tropical wave, tropical storm, tropical depressions, hurricane
What is a storm spinning counter clockwise with winds between 39 and 73 mph?
a) tropical wave
b) tropical storm
c) hurricane
d) tropical depression
What is the largest part of a hurricane?
a) eye
b) the tail
c) eye wall
d) rain bands
Which one of these hurricanes was a category 5 hurricane when it hit the United States?
a) Hurricane Camille
b) Hurricane Ivan
c) Hurricane Ike
d) Hurricane Hugo
What is a storm spinning counter clockwise with winds > 74 mph?
a) category 1 hurricane
b) tropical wave
c) tropical storm
d) tropical depression
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