Cyclones

What causes the spinning of a cyclone?

• Wind

• The rotation of the Earth

• The ocean

• Harry Potter level magic

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What do we call the centre of a cyclone?

• The eye

• The centre

• The middle

• The wake

What categories of cyclones are there?

• to 3

• to 10

• to 7

• to 5

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What wind speed does a category 5 cyclone have?

• Over 400km/hr

• Over 180km/hr

• Over 280km/hr

• Over 210km/hr

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In 2011, what was the name of the cyclone that hit Mission Beach in Queensland?

• Yellow

• Yolo

• Yasi

• Yogi

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True or false, there will be more cyclones called Tracy and Larry.

• True

• False

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The term _____________ is used in Indian Ocean and Southwest Pacific.

• Cyclones

• Typhoons

• Hurricanes

• Tornadoes

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6. Tropical cyclones rotate ________________ in the northern hemisphere.

• Clockwise

• Northwest

• Northeast

• Counter-clockwise

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Where do Cyclones accur?

• South Pacific and Indian Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

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What does a tropical typhoon need to form? Choose all the possible answers.

• moist air

• warm water

• cold wind

• high pressure

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