Heinous Hurricanes Test your hurricane iq with the questions below

1. 
   What is the name of the scale scientist use to classify hurricanes according to their wind speeds?___________________________________________________
   

2. 
   What is the difference between a hurricane, a cyclone, and a typhoon?
   

3. 
   What is the name of the instrument scientist use to measure wind speed?
   

4. 
   How are hurricanes named?____________________________________________
   

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5. 
   What happens to the name of a hurricane if it is a particularly destructive storm?________________________________________________________________
   

6. 
   At what wind speed do tropical storms officially become hurricanes?
   

7. 
   What is it called when a hurricane causes the water of the ocean to rise much higher than usual? _______________________________________________
   

8. 
   The Atlantic hurricane season goes from when to when? _________________
   

9. 
   Joseph Duckworth was the first person to do what on July 17, 1943? ______
   

10. 
    How many hurricanes happen in an average year? _____________________