Science - Quiz 27 tornados/hurricanes Flashcards
the direction tropical cyclones in the Northern Hemisphere generally move
northwest
how the visible funnel of a waterspout forms
cloud droplets condense inside the waterspout
when does a tropical disturbance become a tropical cyclone
when winds begin rotating
when a tornado is considered to have formed
when a rotating air column reaches the ground
the two ingredients hurricanes require for formation
warm ocean and Coriolis effect
the modern scale used to measure tornado strength
Enhanced Fujita (or EF)
the thick cylinder of rotating winds surrounding the center of the hurricane is the…
eyewall
a rotating column of air that starts on the ground and is not associated with a cloud is a…
dust devil
a tropical cyclone’s winds that reach 39 mi/h is considered a…
tropical storm
the rotating updraft of a supercell thunderstorm is a…
mesocyclone
