tropical cyclone
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tropical cyclone trivia questions
A tropical cyclone is a rotating storm that forms over what?
Answer: Warm ocean water
Bonus fact: Warm water supplies heat and moisture.
What is a tropical cyclone called in the North Atlantic when strong enough?
Answer: Hurricane
Bonus fact: The term hurricane is used in the Atlantic and northeastern Pacific.
Tropical cyclones rotate counterclockwise in which hemisphere?
Answer: Northern Hemisphere
Bonus fact: The Coriolis effect determines the rotational direction.
In the Atlantic and eastern North Pacific, a tropical cyclone becomes a hurricane when sustained winds reach at least what speed?
Answer: 74 mph
Bonus fact: The hurricane threshold is 74 miles per hour, or 119 kilometers per hour.
What is a tropical cyclone called in the western North Pacific?
Answer: Typhoon
Bonus fact: Typhoon, hurricane, and cyclone are regional names for similar tropical systems.
What destructive tropical cyclone devastated Darwin on Christmas Eve 1974?
Answer: Cyclone Tracy
Bonus fact: Cyclone Tracy destroyed much of the city.
What is the relatively calm central region of a mature tropical cyclone called?
Answer: Eye
Bonus fact: Winds in the eye are light, and the sky may be only partly cloudy.