Storm key terms

Question 1

Tropical storm

Answer 1

Intense low pressure weather systems that form in the tropics

Question 2

Coriolis force

Answer 2

An effect where circulating air is deflected toward the right in the northern hemisphere or the left in the southern hemisphere

Question 3

Convection

Answer 3

The movement caused by a fluid as hotter fluid rises and colder fluids sink due to gravity, resulting in the transfer of heat

Question 4

Condensation

Answer 4

The conversion of a vapour or a gas into a liquid

Question 5

Evaporation

Answer 5

The conversion of a liquid into a vapour or a gas

Question 6

Hurricane

Answer 6

A tropical storm which forms in the Caribbean sea or the Gulf of Mexico, accounting for 11% of all tropical storms

Question 7

Cyclone

Answer 7

A tropical storm which forms in the Arabian sea of the Bay of Bengal, accounting for 8% of all tropical storms

Question 8

Typhoon

Answer 8

A tropical storm which forms in the western Pacific ocean, accounting for 33% of all tropical storms

Question 9

Saffir-Simpson Scale

Answer 9

A scale which measures tropical storms based on wind speed

Question 10

Storm surge

Answer 10

A rapid rise in sea level in which water is piled up against a coastline far in excess of the normal high tide conditions. They are produced during the passage in which high water levels combine with the ocean heaving upwards due to low pressure