Check Your Understanding (CYU)


Storms Day 5 - CYU_1

Caution: For some CYU questions, more than one of the listed answer options might be correct. For other CYU questions, none of the listed answer options might be correct.  We do this to encourage you to think about the topic. 
Feel free to debate the answers with your peers (i.e., classmates) on the Canvas Discussion board, which is monitored by the TAs.

Question:

The hurricane eye wall is ...


Answer Options:

    (A)  a region of near-calm conditions at the center of the hurricane.

    (B)  a band of thunderstorms spiralling out away from the storm center

    (C)  a circle of thunderstorms around the eye

    (D)  a high ocean wave formed near the storm center

    (E)  is a region of strong winds and heavy rain



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Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences Dept.
Univ. of British Columbia