A hurricane acts as a heat engine,transferring heat from ________________________.
A) the warm,moist air above tropical seas into the core of the hurricane
B) the core of the hurricane into the warm,moist air above tropical seas
C) the warm,moist air above tropical seas into the bottom of the sea,where it stirs up turbulence
D) the core of the hurricane into the tropical seas,where additional energy is picked up from water depths below 200 feet,amplifying the strength of the storm
E) low pressure zones in the core to low pressure zone on the perifery
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Q2: As a hurricane forms,the air _.
A)rises,cools,and releases
Q3: As a hurricane forms,converging surface winds meet
Q4: When approaching the Western Hemisphere,hurricanes commonly move
Q5: Inside the eye of a well-developed hurricane
Q6: The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season broke many
Q7: The air in the eye of a
Q8: Hurricane Katrina (2005)ranks number _ in a
Q9: The Saffir-Simpson scale is used to measure
Q10: A hurricane is defined as a large
Q11: Which of the following is a
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