Cyclones and Anticyclones

Does an ANTICYCLONE have low or high pressure?

• Low

• High

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What type of weather does an ANTICYCLONE bring?

• Clear and calm

• Stormy

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The oceans are getting warmer. Will this INCREASE or DECREASE the power of cyclones?

• Increase

• Decrease

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Would climate change create more CYCLONES or ANTICYCLONES?

• Cyclones

• Anticyclones

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Cyclones (over water) are called _____ in the American continent and ______ in Philippines and Japan.

• thunderstorms, hurricanes

• thunderstorms, typhoons

• hurricanes, typhoons

• typhoons, hurricanes

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Would CYCLONES be more likely to occur with warm or cold weather?

• Warm

• Cold

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Within the storm, high-speed winds move in a ............... around a calm center, called the ...........

• vertical, nose

• spiral, eye

• oval, mouth

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A cyclone is a large scale air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure.

• It is correct.

• It is incorrect.

• I am not sure.

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a cyclone refers to any low pressure area with winds spiralling inwards. .

• True

• False

• I am not sure.

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What is the main difference between a cyclone and an anticyclone in terms of atmospheric pressure?

• Cyclones have low pressure, anticyclones have high pressure

• Cyclones have high pressure, anticyclones have low pressure

• Both have high pressure

• Both have low pressure

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