Atmospheric Hazards

What is wind?

• Swirling atmosphere that creates storms

• Large scale movements of air caused by differences in air pressure

• Anticlockwise movement of atmosphere bringing rain

• Areas of high pressure

True or False: Air rises at the equator and sinks at the tropics

• True

• False

Tropical cyclones need ocean temperatures above ____ degrees to form

• 26.5

• 28

• 24

The equator is found at ____ degrees latitude

• 10

• 5

• 0

The centre of a tropical storm is called the...

• ear

• eye

• inlet

• canal

True or False: The eyewall is a thick band of cloud surrounding the eye

• True

• False

Inside the eye of the storm it is...

• Raining heavily

• Really Windy

• Completely calm

• Windy and rainy

Select 2: Why are the number of tropical storms increasing each year?

• Higher ocean temperatures

• More names on the list each year

• Rising sea levels and increased evaporation

• Seismograph technology is improving

Select the one that is NOT a primary effect of a storm

• Buildings destroyed

• Flash flooding

• Damage to infrastructure

• Pyroclastic flow

Name one secondary impact of a tropical storm

• Shortage of food and clean water

• Storm surge

• Strong winds of 170mph