Statistics for EOSC - Hurricanes

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
at around ...	10 - 30 degrees lat	100%
diameter	150-300 km	100%
height	15 km	100%
specifically ...	26 degrees C	100%
	60 m deep	100%
	adds moisture	100%
	air moves faster	100%
and NOT	at the equator	100%
	bermuda high	100%
	calm	100%
which is relatively ...	clear	100%
hurricane rotation - high	clockwise outflow	100%
hurricanes also need the ...	coriolis effect	100%
low	counter clockwise inflow	100%
floods also can have ...	disease	100%
	don't buy house in SE USA	100%
	early fall	100%
	evacuate	100%
	extend from eye wall	100%
anatomy - 1	eye	100%
fuel creation method	eye sucks in air	100%
2	eye wall	100%
to use as ...	fuel	100%
hurricanes are steered by ...	general circulation	100%
hit the usa at the ...	gulf coast	100%
hurricane bottom	inflow towards core	100%
faster wind makes ...	larger waves	100%
2	large weather systems interfere	100%
	latent heat	100%
and in ...	late summer	100%
	low pressure	100%
this is where ...	most deaths happen	100%
	most rain	100%
	move over cold water	100%
meaning ...	move over land	100%
so hurricanes form ...	near the equator	100%
hurricane top	outflow	100%
safety	predictions are inaccurate	100%
hurricanes in canada	rare	100%
	really humid	100%
	returns to eye wall	100%
happens on which side of the hurricane?	right	100%
	ring of thunderstorms	100%
and has ...	sensible heat	100%
3	spiral bands	100%
which creates ...	spray	100%
in the eye wall	strong updrafts	100%
this happens mostly at ...	the equator	100%
which is strongest at ...	the poles	100%
hurricanes will weaken/die - 1	they can't generate fuel	100%
because ...	they make their own fuel	100%
	trade winds	100%
	tropical cyclones	100%
hurricanes are also called ...	typhoons	100%
there is ...	vertical circulation	100%
warm core has a ...	vertical pressure gradient	100%
so when the air gets to the eye wall, it is ...	warm	100%
in order for this to work, hurricanes need ...	warm deep waters	100%
in core and outside hurricane	weak downward motion	100%
hurricanes can last for ...	weeks	100%
from winds like the ...	westerlies	100%
storm surge	winds drag water up shore	100%