A hurricane warning ____.
A) gives the exact location where a hurricane will make landfall
B) is usually issued several days ahead of a hurricane's arrival
C) gives the percent chance of a hurricane's center passing within 65 miles of a community
D) is issued when it becomes more certain that a storm will strike an area
Question 2A thermometer with a small constriction just above the bulb is a(n) ____ thermometer.
A) maximum
B) minimum
C) electrical
D) bimetallic
Question 3Hurricane Katrina was classified as a Category 5 hurricane, but as it moved towards the Louisiana coast, its rainbands near the center of the storm converged towards the eye, the storm weakened, and it made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane. This weakening was primarily due to the phenomenon called ____.
A) trade-wind inversion
B) rainband disintegration
C) eye replacement
D) eyewall replacement
Question 4Which instrument is usually a liquid-in-glass thermometer?
A) radiometer
B) thermistor
C) electrical resistance thermometer
D) minimum thermometer
Question 5The strongest winds in a hurricane heading westward toward Florida would most likely be found on the ____ side of the hurricane.
A) northern
B) southern
C) eastern
D) western
Question 6An ideal shelter for housing a temperature-measurement instrument should be painted ____.
A) white
B) black
C) green
D) yellow
Question 7As wind blows over the open ocean, the water beneath it is deflected to the right in the Northern Hemisphere. This bending of water with depth is called ____.
A) spiral bands
B) storm surge
C) Ekman transport
D) streamline
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