These questions are based on 7th grade lessons during Media
Class.
Test your knowledge of hurricanes here:

• 1) Hurricane Zachary was the first hurricane to hit Miami Beach.
  True   False
• 2) Storms that form in the Indian Ocean are called cyclones.
  True   False
• 3) There once was a hurricane in Barbados that took the lives of
  22,000
  people.
  True   False
• 4) Hurricane season is June 1 through November 30.
  True   False
• 5) The most violent part of a hurricane is in the feeder band.
  True   False
• 6) What was the first year Atlantic hurricanes were named?
  

  1962
  1918
  1953
• 7) Hurricane winds in the Northern Hemisphere circulate in a _____
  motion.
  

  Counter-Clockwise
  Clockwise
• 8) When is a hurricane name retired from the name list?
  

  After one storm.
  When it causes major damage or loss of life.
  When the President delcares it.
• 9) Which is part of a hurricane?
  

  the eye.
  feeder bands.
  eye wall
  all of the above
• 10) Longitude is measurement of distance in degrees ________ or _______
  of the prime meridian.
  

  north or south
  east or west
  up or down
• 11) Which of the following is a hazard from hurricanes?
  

  storm surge
  rain flooding
  high winds
  tornadoes
  all of the above
• 12) Which was the costliest hurricane in recorded history?
  

  Erin 1969
  Lily 1998
  Max 1993
  Andrew 1992
• 13) What does the National Hurricane Center use to assess the potential
  for wind and storm surge damage?
  

  thermal scale
  anemometer
  saffir-simpson scale
  barometer
• 14) FEMA stands for _____ _____ _____ ______?
  

  Foreign Emission Manual Automatic
  Federal Emergency Management Agency
  Flee, Escape, Move Away
• 15) The parent organization of NHC is:
  

  NOAA
  The Weather Channel
  National Tornado Center