Cyclonic Weather

What scale is used to rate tornado damage?

• Richter Scale

• Saffir-Simpson Scale

• Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale

• Beaufort Scale

What is the primary characteristic of a tornado?

• Heavy rainfall

• Rotating column of air

• High temperature

• Low pressure

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What is the main factor used to classify hurricanes on the Saffir-Simpson Scale?

• Temperature

• Wind speed

• Rainfall

• Duration

What combinations of air cause tornadoes to form?

• Hot

• Cold/dry and warm/wet

• Cold/wet and warm/dry

• Cold

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What causes the air to spin?

• The land around the tornado

• Warm/wet air sinks below the cold/dry air and it is pushed upwards

• A cloud reaches down from the sky

• Cold/dry air sinks below the warm/wet air and it is pushed upwards

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Why is water important in the formation of hurricanes?

• water produces the winds that move the hurricanes

• warm water allows for evaporation which produces the winds to fuel the hurricanes

• cold water produces the moisture that creates water vapor and energy to fuel the hurricane

• warm water produces the moisture that produces water vapor which in turn releases heat energy to fuel the hurricane

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 Where do tropical storms start? 

• northpole

• on the coast

• in the ocean, near the equator

• in the ocean, near land

A tornado is a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm 

• True

• False

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Tropical storms, hurricanes and tornadoes are three types of cyclones.

• True

• False

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Cyclones are caused by...

• Differences in air density

• Differences in air quality

• Differences in air pressure

• Differences in air temperature

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