Prevailing Westerlies are found above and below the equator.
What is Prevailing Westerlies
100
The tides are caused by the interaction of the sun, moon, and Earth.
What causes tides?
100
Fall
What is the time of year that hurricanes occur?
100
The spring
What is the time of year that thunderstorms occur?
100
The spring
What is the time of year when most tornadoes occur?
200
Flowing air.
What is wind?
200
Gravity.
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What force causes the tides to occur on Earth's surface?
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Through contact with warm ocean water.
How do hurricanes "charge" themselves
200
Over land and water.
Where do thunderstorms form?
200
The Coriolis Effect
Why do tornadoes spin clock wise in the northern hemisphere and counter clock wise in the southern hemisphere?
300
The daily rise and fall of Earth's water.
What are Tides?
300
Warm ocean waters.
Where do hurricanes form?
300
Yes.
Are thunderstorms easy to forecast?
300
The U.S. Rocky Mountains.
What is the most common place for tornadoes to form?
400
Renewable.
Is wind renewable or nonrenewable?
400
When there is the greatest difference between the high and low tide.
What are spring tides?
400
75 mph.
What does the wind speed have to be for a hurricane to occur?
400
Lightning damage or flash floods.
What is an effect of thunderstorms?
400
261-318 mph.
How fast is an F5 tornado?
500
Waves and erosion.
What are two things that wind causes?
500
When there is the least difference between high and low tide.
What are neap tides?
500
There are 6 different name lists that alternate each year. If a hurricane causes significant damage, its name is retired and replaced with a different name.
How are hurricanes named?
500
Rain and hail.
What kind of precipitation comes from thunder storms?