A) Temperature of the seawater
B) Rain amount
C) Duration of Rain
D) Wind speed
E) Central core temperature of the hurricane
G) A) and E)
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A) A large amount of rainfall
B) A large increase in sea level
C) A large amount of wind
D) A sudden increase in rainfall
E) A sudden increase in wind
G) C) and D)
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A) Tropical depression, tropical disturbance, tropical storm, hurricane
B) Tropical storm, tropical depression, tropical disturbance, hurricane
C) Tropical disturbance, tropical depression, tropical storm, hurricane
D) Hurricane, tropical depression, tropical storm, tropical disturbance
E) Hurricane, tropical storm, tropical disturbance, tropical depression
G) C) and E)
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A) A hurricane in the Western Pacific Ocean
B) An extratropical cyclone that moves up a coastline
C) A tropical cyclone in the Northern Atlantic Ocean
D) A name for a hurricane once it makes landfall
E) A tornado with hail
G) B) and C)
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A) Tropical cyclones form over warm water, extratropical cyclones form over land or water.
B) Tropical cyclones form at latitudes around the equator, extratropical cyclones form in mid-latitudes.
C) Tropical cyclones have warm central cores, extratropical cyclones have cool cores.
D) Tropical cyclones cause storm surges, but extratropical cyclones do not.
F) A) and C)
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A) Texas
B) California
C) Florida
D) New Jersey
E) Maine
G) B) and E)
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A) Open all windows on your house in the path of the storm
B) Obtain flood insurance
C) Learn an evacuation route
D) Install heavy shutters on windows and latch them during the hurricane
E) Make a family emergency plan
G) None of the above
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A) Weather satellites
B) Aircraft
C) Doppler Radar
D) Weather buoys
E) Side-scan sonar
G) A) and E)
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A) The Coriolis Force causes the storms to stay in a ring around the eye.
B) The low atmospheric pressure dissipates clouds.
C) The warm central core burns off any humidity in the center.
D) Rotating air causes dry air to sink into the eye.
E) Air from the bottom of the storm enters the eye and is pushed upward.
G) A) and D)
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B) False
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A) Winds carry plants, animals, and microorganisms, which helps to populate remote volcanic islands with plants and animals.
B) Waves stir up deeper, nutrient-rich waters for plant growth.
C) Winds topple weak and diseased trees in forests.
D) Waves break apart some corals.
E) Winds carry eroded sand into agricultural fields and increase their fertility.
G) A) and B)
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A) Cold air is aloft and warm air is beneath.
B) Cold air is beneath and warm air is aloft.
C) Cold air is to the east and warm air is to the west.
D) Cold air is to the west and warm air is to the east.
E) Cold and warm air is mixed to make air whose temperature is an average of the two.
G) A) and B)
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B) False
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A) Texas
B) California
C) Florida
D) New Jersey
E) Maine
G) None of the above
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A) Cold air moving towards the tropics meets with warm air moving towards the poles.
B) Cold fronts moving eastward meet with warm fronts moving westward.
C) Polar jet stream meets with a barrier.
D) Tropical jet stream meets with warm ocean water.
E) Hurricanes cross over small islands in the North Pacific.
G) None of the above
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A) Valuable beach may be eroded causing economic problems.
B) Vegetation and sand dunes may be eroded causing inland structures to become more vulnerable to storms.
C) Boats on inland bays may be cut off from the ocean by sediment blocking inlets.
D) Ground may become eroded bringing down structures.
E) Sand from coastal erosion gets airborne and becomes an air pollutant.
G) C) and D)
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B) False
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