Chapter 15
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| show | eyewall
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| A storm of tropical origin that forms over north Atlantic and eastern north Pacific Ocean | show 🗑
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| This shows wind-flow patterns on a map | show 🗑
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| show | eye
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| show | cyclone
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| show | typhoon
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| The stage of hurricane development just before the tropical storm stage | show 🗑
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| show | easterly wave
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| This storm has a low pressure core and weather fronts | show 🗑
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| show | tropical storm
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| Most of the destruction caused by a hurricane is usually due to | show 🗑
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| An unusual rise in the ocean level along a shore that is due mainly to the winds of a hurricane | show 🗑
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| The ______ scale relates hurricane winds to possible damage hurricanes can cause | show 🗑
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| show | hurricane watch
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| show | tropical cyclone
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| show | when the depth of warm water ahead of the advancing hurricane is relatively deep
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| The primary source of energy for a hurricane is the | show 🗑
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| An area of North America that would most likely experience thunderstorms hurricanes and tornadoes during the course of a year is the | show 🗑
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| show | high winds
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| show | strong upper level winds
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| Scientists have tried to modify hurricanes by | show 🗑
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| show | has showers and thunderstorms on its eastern side
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| show | along the equator
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| show | they form over different regions of the tropical ocean
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| A hurricane moving northward off the coast of Virginia is producing strong northerly winds parallel to the coast. Under these conditions you would expect the net transport of water just offshore to be directed toward the | show 🗑
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| One would most likely expect a hurricane hunter to be | show 🗑
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| Hurricanes may contain tornadoes | show 🗑
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| show | T
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| show | T
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| Tropical cyclones that form over the eastern North Pacific Ocean adjacent to the west coast of Mexico re called hurricanes | show 🗑
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| In the center of a hurricane the surface air pressure is much higher than the air pressure around the periphery of the eye | show 🗑
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| Squall lines do not form in the tropics | show 🗑
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| A hurricane moving north over the pacific ocean adjacent to the east coast of north america will normally survive as a hurricane for a longer time than one moving north over the Atlantic ocean adjacent to the east coast of north america | show 🗑
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| Hurricanes do not usually form over the south atlantic ocean adjacent to south america because of the relatively cold water found there and the unfavorable position of the itcz | show 🗑
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| Hurricanes in the northern hemisphere are similar to middle latitude cyclones in that both generally move from west to east and have weather fronts | show 🗑
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| The winds in a tropical system known as a tropical storm are greater than the winds in a hurricane. | show 🗑
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| In the eye of a hurricane several kilometers above the surface the air is sinking | show 🗑
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| show | T
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| Another name for a tropicical wave is an easterly wave | show 🗑
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| show | F
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| show | T
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| A dropsonde is similar to a radiosonde except that a dropsonde is dropped from an aircraft into a storm | show 🗑
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| The use of ensemble forecasting has helped to raise the level of skill in predicting hurricane paths | show 🗑
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