Quiz: Hurricanes

  • By Lexi Krock
  • Posted 01.01.05
  • NOVA scienceNOW

Which part of a hurricane's anatomy is the most turbulent? What is a hurricane that originates in the Indian Ocean called? What is the name of the scale experts use to rate a hurricane's force? Find these and other questions -- and their answers -- in this illustrated quiz.

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Five questions that will separate the hurricane know-it-alls from the rest of us

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