Understanding Hurricanes: Nature's Fury Unleashed

What did the Japanese call the typhoons that saved them from Kublai Khan's invasions?

• Divine wind

• Storm guardians

• Ocean spirits

• Sky protectors

Which effect causes hurricanes to spin?

• Magnetic fields

• Coriolis effect

• Gravitational pull

• Solar radiation

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What is the primary source of energy for a hurricane?

• Pressure differences in the atmosphere

• Electric discharges from clouds

• Cold air from the upper atmosphere

• Heat from warm ocean water

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What happens to the temperature inside a hurricane as pressure drops?

• It increases due to solar heating

• It decreases rapidly

• It fluctuates unpredictably

• It remains constant due to heat from water vapor

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What is the maximum theoretical wind speed for hurricanes, according to scientists?

• 180 mph

• 200 mph

• 190 mph

• 195 mph

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Why do hurricanes spin in opposite directions in the northern and southern hemispheres?

• Gravitational pull
• Coriolis effect
• Ocean Currents

• Global warming

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Why might it not make sense to add a Category 6 to the hurricane scale?

• After a certain wind speed, all destruction pretty much looks the same, so it doesn’t

  make much sense to add another category of “bad”.

• Wind will not go any faster then 190 mph.

• A cat's meow is not that powerful.

Which instrument is used to measure wind speed?

• Barometer

• Anemometer

• Hygrometer

• Thermometer

The Coriolis Effect is caused by...

• the Sun's Gravity

• Gyres

• The Moon's Gravity

• the Earth's Rotation.

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What catastrophic event is this? 

• Tsunami
• Tornado
• Hurricane
• Earthquake

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