Physical Geography Weather Hazards and Climate

Question 1

How highdoes warm air rise at the equator?

Answer 1

15km

Question 2

How manyyears does the eccentricity cycle take?

Answer 2

100,000

Question 3

Between what dates did the MedievalWarm Period occur?

Answer 3

950 - 1100

Question 4

Thehighest point in the Maldives is how many metres above sea level?

Answer 4

2.4

Question 5

Theinternational airports in the Maldives are built within how many metresfrom the coastline?

Answer 5

50

Question 6

Glaciersand ice sheets accounted for how much of the planet’s total landarea in 2016?

Answer 6

10%

Question 7

Ocean temperature necessary for tropical cyclones to form?

Answer 7

27 degrees

Question 8

Between what latitudes are cyclonesfound?

Answer 8

5 and 30 degrees

Question 9

On what date wasHurricane Sandy officially registered as a hurricane?

Answer 9

24thOctober2012

Question 10

When did Hurricane Sandy make landfall in the USA?

Answer 10

29thOctober 2012

Question 11

How fast were the windswhen they were recorded when Hurricane Sandymade landfall?

Answer 11

129 km/h (80 mph)

Question 12

Howmany people died in Hurricane Sandy?

Answer 12

150 people

Question 13

How much economicdamage was causes in Hurricane Sandy?

Answer 13

US$65billion

Question 14

What was thename of one of the coastal nature reserves that was damagedby the storm surge?

Answer 14

Prime Hook National WildlifeRefuge

Question 15

Onwhat date didTyphoonHaiyan form?

Answer 15

2ndNovember2013

Question 16

On what date did Typhoon Haiyan make landfall in the Philippines?

Answer 16

7thNovember 2013

Question 17

During Typhoon Haiyan, winds reached gustsas high as what?

Answer 17

306 km/h (190 mph)

Question 18

How many died in TyphoonHaiyan?

Answer 18

6,000

Question 19

How many peoplein TyphoonHaiyanwere displaced?

Answer 19

600,000

Question 20

How much economic damage was caused?

Answer 20

US$2 billion