Tropical Cyclones

Question 1

Latitudes found outside of the tropics from 23.5 degrees to 90 degrees North and South.

Answer 1

Cooler Latitudes

Question 2

The process in which water vapor is cooled and turns into liquid water

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Condensation

Question 3

Vertical movement of air

Answer 3

Convection

Question 4

The horizontal inflow if two different air masses towards a low pressure zone.

Answer 4

Convergence

Question 5

A force which causes a body that moves freely with respect to the rotating Earth to veer to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere.

Answer 5

Coriolis effect

Question 6

A cross-section shows the shape of a feature, viewed from the side.

Answer 6

Cross-section

Question 7

A dense towering vertical cloud associated with thunderstorms and atmospheric instability, forming from water vapor carried by powerful upward air currents.

Answer 7

Cumulonimbus

Question 8

Divergence occurs when. Air is directed away from a particular location in different directions.

Answer 8

Divergence

Question 9

This process in which liquid water is turned into water vapor

Answer 9

Evaporation

Question 10

Area of calm in the center of a tropical cyclone

Answer 10

Eye

Question 11

Tropical cyclones are known by this name in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Hurricane

Question 12

The physical structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society or enterprise

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Infrastructure

Question 13

Incoming short-wave radiation

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Insolation

Question 14

Heat energy that is released when water changes state

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Latent heat

Question 15

The stage of a tropical cyclone where pressure is about 950hPa. The cyclone had a central eye surrounded by a vortex of swirling clouds and hurricane strength winds.

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Mattie stage

Question 16

The force producing air flow from regions of high pressure to regions of low pressure.

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Pressure gradient

Question 17

The piling up of water against a coast caused by strong on-shore winds

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Storm surges

Question 18

Tropical cyclones are known by this name in the Pacific Ocean

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Typhoon

Question 19

Warm,moist wings that blow from the east towards the west. They originate from the subtropical high pressure belt and flow towards the equatorial low pressure belt.

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Tropical easterly winds

Question 20

The area in a tropical cyclone that surrounds central eye. Dramatic uplift of moist air occurs here creating huge cumulonimbus clouds. Torrential rain and hurricane strength wings characterize the vortex.

Answer 20

Vortex