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6. What is it like on the edge of the storm?
- falling wind speeds, smaller and more compact clouds, less intense and increased temperatures
- falling wind speeds, smaller and more scattered clouds, less intense and decreased temperatures
- falling wind speeds, smaller and more scattered clouds, less intense and increased temperatures
- rising wind speeds, smaller and more scattered clouds, less intense and increased temperatures
7. Where do hurricanes form?
- South Pacific and Indian Ocean
- North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific
- Northwest Pacific
8. Where do typhoons form?
- Northwest Pacific
- South Pacific and Indian Ocean
- North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific
9. How strong are the winds in the eyewall?
- Around 180km per hour
- Around 210km per hour
- Around 160km per hour
- Around 150km per hour
10. What is it like in the eyewall?
- Spiralling rising air, light winds, storm clouds, light rainfall, high temperatures
- Spiralling rising air, strong winds, storm clouds, torrential rain, low temperatures
- Strong winds, storm clouds, torrential rain, low temperature
- Spiralling sinking air, strong winds, storm clouds, torrential rain, low temperature
11. The sea has to be at what temperature for tropical storms to form?
- 24 degrees C or higher
- 27 degrees C or higher
- 25 degrees C or higher
- 28 degrees C or higher
12. How far north and south from the equator do tropical storms form?
- 5 and 30 degrees
- 2 and 20 degrees
- 4 and 29 degrees
- 5 and 35 degrees
14. What are tropical storms?
- Low pressure weather system with intense rain and winds
- High pressure weather system with intense rain and winds
- Low pressure weather system with clear skies and sunny weather
- High pressure weather system with clear skies and sunny weather
15. What is it like in the eye?
- High pressure, light winds, no clouds, no rain, low temperatures
- High pressure, strong winds, clouds, rain, low temperatures
- Low pressure, light winds, no clouds, no rain, high temperatures
- Low pressure, light winds, clouds, rain, high temperatures
16. What is the eye surrounded by?
- edge of storm
- eye wall
- clouds
- eye
17. Where do cyclones form?
- North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific
- South Pacific and Indian Ocean
- Northwest Pacific