When Hurricane Andrew moved over south Florida during August 1992, ____ caused the relatively small areas of extreme damage.
a. storm surges
b. high winds
c. river flooding
d. spin-up vortices
e. flash flooding
Q. 2Hurricanes have been seeded with silver iodide to attempt to
a. minimize storm surges.
b. reduce their winds.
c. mitigate flooding.
d. make hurricanes dissipate immediately upon formation.
e. change their paths.
Q. 3The winds of a hurricane ____ as the storm moves over cooler water than when it moves over warmer land.
a. decrease more quickly
b. decrease less quickly
c. increase more quickly
d. increase less quickly
e. remain more stable
Q. 4Suppose, in the North Atlantic, an eastward-moving ocean vessel is directly in the path of a westward-moving hurricane. What would be the ships wisest course? To veer to the ____ of the storm.
a. north.
b. east.
c. southeast.
d. south.
e. west.
Q. 5You are in Darwin, Australia (on the north shore), and a hurricane approaches from the north. Where would the highest storm surge be?
a. to the north
b. to the east
c. to the south
d. to the southeast
e. to the west
Q. 6The most costly hurricane ever to hit the United States was Hurricane
a. Ivan.
b. Katrina.
c. Wilma.
d. Andrew.
e. Camille.
Q. 7The process by which a hurricane's innermost ring of clouds dissipates and then strengthens is called
a. landfall.
b. storm surge.
c. eyewall replacement.
d. spiral rainbands.
e. dissipation.
Q. 8Surface winds in hurricanes typically reach a maximum in the
a. eye.
b. eyewall.
c. anvils.
d. spiral bands.
e. very outskirts of the storm.
Q. 9The immense amounts of energy taken in by hurricanes are
a. converted to kinematic energy.
b. used in chemical substractions.
c. lost through convectional cooling at the top of the storm.
d. converted to kinetic energy and lost through radiational cooling
e. lost through hail.
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