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The main difference between a hurricane and a tropical storm is that
   a. hurricanes are larger.
   b. tropical storms are more than 500 miles from the U.S. mainland.
   c. winds speeds are greater in a hurricane.
   d. hurricanes have a clearly defined eye on satellite photographs.
   e. tropical storms deliver more moisture.

Q. 2

Just before a storm becomes a fully developed hurricane, it is in the ____ stage.
   a. tropical depression
   b. tropical disturbance
   c. tropical storm
   d. cyclone
   e. typhoon

Q. 3

Which is least likely to be a condition conducive to the formation of hurricanes?
   a. a region of converging surface winds at the surface
   b. warm water
   c. strong upper-level winds
   d. cold air aloft
   e. moist, humid surface air

Q. 4

Hurricanes dissipate when
   a. when they move over warmer water.
   b. when they move over land.
   c. when surface inflow of air is lower than upper-level outflow of air.
   d. immediately on December 1st.
   e. when surface winds converge.

Q. 5

Which event only forms over water?
   a. thunderstorms
   b. funnel clouds
   c. tornadoes
   d. mesocyclones
   e. hurricanes

Q. 6

The main source of energy for a hurricane is the
   a. upper-level jet stream.
   b. rising of warm air and sinking of cold air in the vicinity of weather fronts.
   c. warm ocean water and release of latent heat of condensation.
   d. ocean currents and tides.
   e. solar radiation.

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