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General Hurricane Knowledge
Hurricane Anatomy
Hurricane Formation
Hurricane Path
Hurricane Katrina
100
The calm area of the hurricane.
What is the eye?
100
The arms of the spiral are referred to as these.
What are rain bands?
100
Atlantic Ocean hurricanes form in this region.
What is the west coast of central Africa?
100
This is the shape of the path of a typical Atlantic hurricane.
What is a c-shape or crescent-shape?
100
The use of these gives scientists real data about wind speed, wind direction, air pressure, and humidity.
What are airplanes flown into the hurricane?
200
Large rotating storms in the Atlantic Ocean are called these.
What are hurricanes?
200
The rotation of a hurricane is in this direction in the southern hemisphere.
What is clockwise?
200
Hurricanes require this kind of ocean water to form.
What is warm ocean water?
200
Atlantic hurricanes initially travel in this direction.
What is towards the west.
200
From the Saphir-Simpson scale, Hurricane Katrina was given this rating.
What is a Category 5?
300
Large rotating storms in the Indian Ocean are called these.
What are cyclones?
300
These cause the greatest loss of life in hurricanes.
What is the storm surge?
300
Hurricanes form when a mass of these storms cluster together.
What are thunderstorms?
300
Hurricanes are steered by these.
What are high and low pressure centers.
300
This natural feature can protect the coastline from hurricanes.
What are wetlands?
400
Large rotating storms in the Western Pacific are called these.
What are Typhoons?
400
Fastest winds speeds in a hurricane can be found here.
What is the eye wall?
400
This is the name of a storm in the stage just before it is classified as a hurricane.
What is a tropical storm?
400
Hurricanes usually weaken once their path encounters this.
What is Chuck Norris?
400
This is the reason that New Orleans was so vulnerable to flooding.
What is New Orleans is mostly below sea level.
500
Large rotating storms in the Eastern Pacific are called this.
What is a hurricane?
500
Clouds are formed in a hurricane when this rises.
What is warm, moist air.
500
Hurricanes develop in conditions where winds are this strength.
What are light winds?
500
The greatest storm surge will be found on this side of the eye of an Atlantic Ocean Hurricane.
What is right side (as viewed from the top)?
500
This is one reason that hurricanes have become more intense over the last 30 years.
What is an increase in sea surface temperature.