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Which direction do a cyclone’s winds blow in Kansas?
Straight
Straight
Counter clockwise
Counter clockwise
Clockwise
Clockwise
Square
Square
What was the name given to the hurricane that hit North Carolina in September 2000?
Clyde
Clyde
Floyd
Floyd
Derek
Derek
Graham
Graham
Cuba-Florida Hurricane devasted the US in which year?
1944
1944
1990
1990
1989
1989
2012
2012
Which country experiences the most tornadoes?
USA
USA
India
India
China
China
Nepal
Nepal
What was the first mobile tornado tracking device called?
TURTLE
TURTLE
TOTO
TOTO
VORTEX
VORTEX
DOROTHY
DOROTHY
What is the name of a river of air found 6-8 miles above the surface and that can blow as fast as 200 mph?
Isotherm
Isotherm
Gulf Stream
Gulf Stream
Jet Stream
Jet Stream
Net Stream
Net Stream
What name is given to the center of a hurricane?
Mouth
Mouth
Nose
Nose
Eye
Eye
Ear
Ear
Which of these weather phenomena is caused by slope, precipitation and instability ?
Tornado
Tornado
Avalanche
Avalanche
Typhoon
Typhoon
Hurricane
Hurricane
What is the difference between a hurricane and typhoon?
Where they are
Where they are
What they are
What they are
When they form
When they form
How they form
How they form
Which weather phenomenon is set off by giant thunderclouds called ‘supercells’?
Tornado
Tornado
Lightning
Lightning
Cyclone
Cyclone
Rainbow
Rainbow
Which weather phenomenon does the USA experience on average 730 times a year?
Hurricanes
Hurricanes
Rainbows
Rainbows
Tornadoes
Tornadoes
Lightning strikes
Lightning strikes
Which of these weather phenomena is caused by slope, precipitation and instability ?
Hurricane
Hurricane
Avalanche
Avalanche
Typhoon
Typhoon
Tornado
Tornado
Which is not a region where tropical storms develop?
Cape Horn
Cape Horn
Eastern Pacific
Eastern Pacific
Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
Bay of Bengal
Bay of Bengal
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