
Lesson 3 Severe Weather
Quiz by Cindy Mullikin
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Hurricanes are usually around ____________ miles wide.
The ____________ of a hurricane is relatively calm and on average 20-40 miles across.
The ______________contains the highest winds in the storm.
The storm's outer rainbands are made up of _____________________- ranging from a few miles to tens of miles wide and 50 to 300 miles long.
_______________ of a hurricane is usually the most dangerous in terms of storm surge, winds, and tornadoes.
With all the new technology, we are able to accurately predict the speed and direction of a hurricane.
An average of______________ tropical storms develop over the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico each year and approximately ________________ of these tropical storms become hurricanes each year.
The ________________ (east to west) move hurricanes off the coast of Africa northwestward towards the United States.
Hurricanes draw their energy from ______________________-.
When hurricanes hit land they _________________.
During droughts streamflows can _____________.
what is the only continent to not have a tornado?
Floods can happen almost anywhere
A ______________________- is a large wave (6.5 to 9.8 ft) pushed by high winds onto land which can cause major flooding
The scale used to measure the strength of hurricanes is the ________________.
A storm must be __________________ to use radars.
Which of the following are not used by scientists to gather data to help to monitor hurricanes.
What do scientists use to create sophisticated virtual models of hurricane seasons and are able to perform 213 trillion calculations per second?
Which of these occurrences can kead to a drought?
How can deforestation lead to drought situations?