Hurricanes

Where do most hurricanes develop?

• Near the Equator

• Middle of the United States

• Near the Poles

• Antarctica

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Which of the following factors contributes most to formation of hurricanes?

• gravitational pull of the moon and sun

• toxic chemicals in the atmosphere by industry

• Glaciers melting in polar regions

• solar radiation heating the oceans by equator

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This is the calmest part of a hurricane.

• eye wall

• rain bands

• eye

• eye and rain bands

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Which factors would make an hurricane die? Select two.

• Entering colder waters

• Entering warmer waters

• lack of pressure

• lack of fuel (warm/humid air)

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Vortex

Hurricane

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Hurricane categories range from ____.

• 1 to 8

• 1 to 10

• 1 to 5

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Which of the following correctly identifies the major source for the energy that creates hurricanes?

• Sun's radiation

• Ocean currents

• Moon's gravity

• Earth's rotation

Which condition is critical for the formation of a hurricane?

• lower latitudes between 8 and 20 degrees of the equator

• 80 degrees or warmer water

• low pressure

• All of the above

Where do the hurricanes that hit the US form?

• in warm water of the western Pacific ocean off the coast of South America

• in the warm water of a La Nina

• in the warm Atlantic water off the western coast of Africa

• in the warm Atlantic water off the coast of Hawaii

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What causes hurricanes to form

• Warm air from the equator mixes with cold air from the poles

• Two warm fronts meet over the ocean

• Winds circulate around a cool column of air

• Warm rising air and circulating winds

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