GRADE 5- REVIEWER - Weather/ Soil Erosion

An easterly wave causes a tropical disturbance because of _________.

• A. Convergence on the west side of the trough

• B. Rising motion on the west side of the trough

• C. Convergence east of the trough axis

• D. Both A and B

A tropical depression is ________.

• A. Occurs when there is an identifiable drop is surface pressure

• B. Occurs when the winds are the winds are 60 km/h or less

• C. Is assigned a home

• D. Is an unorganized cluster of thunderstorms

A tropical storm is _________.

• A. Is assigned a number

• B. Is assigned a name

• C. Have winds between 60-118 km/hr

• D. Has a center of low pressure

Once a storm’s wind speed reaches beyond 118km/hr, it ____________.

• A. Becomes a hurricane or typhoon

• B. Is classified by the Saffir-Simpson Scale

• C. Becomes a depression

• D. Both A and B

In the Northern Hemisphere, winds around a low-pressure system circulate ____________.

• A. Clockwise

• B. Counterclockwise

• C. Upwards in the vertical

• D. Very fast

Where do typhoons usually form?

• A. Over cold oceans

• B. Over warm oceans

• C. Over cold continents

• D. Over warm continents

Which is NOT a characteristic of a hurricane?

• A. Its eye is very destructive

• B. It dies over a dry and cold region

• C. Its wind is strongest at the eye wall

• D. They are most common during the summer and early fall

A low-pressure system is also referred to as a __________.

• A. Cyclone

• B. Anticyclone

• C. Cold Front

• D. Thunderstorm

A high- pressure system is also referred to as a __________.

• A. Cyclone

• B. Anticyclone

• C. Warm Front

• D. Thunderstorm

How do storms develop?

• A. Hurricanes develop in the polar regions

• B. A storm is a major disturbance in the atmosphere

• C. Hailstorms form in stratus clouds

• D. Thunderstorms develop in cirrus clouds