Unit 14 | Higher Education | Oxford University Press Canada

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Question 3:

Hurricanes originate between _____ and _____ degrees latitude.
a) 20 and 30
b) 5 and 55
c) 5 and 25
d) 30 and 50
e) 50 and 75

Question 4:

The earliest stage of the development of a midlatitude cyclone is the:
a) stationary front
b) open-wave
c) occluded front
d) closed wave
e) easterly wave

Question 5:

Hurricanes form originally from:
a) the polar jet stream
b) easterly waves
c) occluded fronts
d) typhoons
e) stationary fronts

Question 6:

Within the eye of a hurricane, there is:
a) warm, rising air
b) warm, descending air
c) cool, rising air
d) cool, descending air
e) warm, stationary air

Question 7:

The weather is more changeable in the tropics than the midlatitudes.
a) True
b) False

Question 8:

A tropical depression has higher sustained wind speeds than a tropical storm.
a) True
b) False

Question 9:

The strongest winds and rains are contained within the eye wall of a hurricane.
a) True
b) False

Question 10:

Cyclogenesis refers to the lifecycle of midlatitude cyclones.
a) True
b) False

Question 11:

A tropical storm must have sustained winds between 39 and 74 mph.
a) True
b) False

Question 12:

An easterly wave generally advances in a westerly direction in the North Atlantic.
a) True
b) False

Higher Education

Physical Geography: The Global Environment, Canadian Edition - Unit 14