2025-2026 Coastal Kids Quiz- Weather Survey

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3. What fuels tropical cyclones? (Required.)

High tides

Heavy rain

Cool, dry air

Warm, moist air

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4. The two ingredients for tropical cyclones are: (Required.)

Tornados and hurricanes

Warm ocean water and wind

Droughts and dry air

Cold ocean water and wind

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5. What is the second stage of a tropical cyclone? (Required.)

Tropical storm

Tropical depression

Tropical disturbance

Hurricane

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6. True/False: When hurricanes hit land, they usually become stronger. (Required.)

True

False

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7. How many hurricane categories are there? (Required.)

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8. What is another word for a tropical cyclone? (Required.)

Typhoon

Severe cyclonic storms

Hurricanes

All of the above

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9. In what stage of a tropical cyclone is the storm named? (Required.)

Tropical disturbance

Tropical depression

Tropical storm

Hurricane

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10. Thunderstorms need all the following EXCEPT: (Required.)

Moisture

Unstable Air

Cold fronts

Lift

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11. What is responsible for forming clouds? (Required.)

Moisture in the air

Pollution in the air

Cold, dry air

Hurricanes

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12. Where does most of the moisture in a thunderstorm come from? (Required.)

Lakes and rivers

The ocean

Underground water

Bays

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13. What helps weather forecasters monitor clouds as they grow into thunderstorms? (Required.)

Lightening counters

Rain Buoys

Space stations

Weather satellites

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14. What is a thunderstorm cloud shaped like? (Required.)

Circle

Duck

Anvil

Pizza slice

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15. What are the strong upward and downward winds in a thunderstorm called? (Required.)

Upwinds and downwinds

Uplift and downlift

Updrafts and downdrafts

Upgust and downgust

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16. Unstable air forms when warm, moist air is near ground and what is above it? (Required.)

Cumulus clouds

Clear skies

Cold snow clouds

Cold dry air

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17. True/false: When a storm runs out of updrafts, the storm weakens. (Required.)

True

False

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18. What part of the storm is fueled with warm, moist air? (Required.)

Updrafts

Downdrafts

Rain

All of the above

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19. True/False: Rising sea levels lowers the risks of coastal land erosion. (Required.)

True

False

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20. What states in the US are most vulnerable to sea level rise? (Required.)

Coastal States (states along the water)

Inland states (states toward the middle of the country)

Cold states

Warm states

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21. True or false: Rising sea levels can cause destruction to roads, bridges, and buildings on the coast. (Required.)

True

False

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22. What type of trees make up the Underwater Forest? (Required.)

Cypress

Evergreen

Pine

Oak

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23. In what body of water was the Underwater Forest discovered?' (Required.)

Pacific Ocean

Dog River

Lake Martin

Gulf of Mexico

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24. The Underwater Forest was buried under sediment for tens of thousands of years. How was it uncovered? (Required.)

Large animals swam by really fast, blowing the sediment away

Small animals ate the sediment over time

A hurricane’s strong waves uncovered the sediment

An underwater avalanche revealed them

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25. How were the ancient cypress trees preserved for over 60,000 years? (Required.)

The humidity in the air preserved them

Thick layers of sediment covered them, preventing decomposition

The salt in the water preserved them

All of the above

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26. The ancient underwater forest gives us clues to changes in sea level 60,000 years ago. It shows: (Required.)

Sea level was about the same then as it is today

Sea level was 400 feet higher then

Sea level was 400 feet lower then

Sea level doesn't change

2025-2026 Coastal Kids Quiz- Weather

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* 1. School/Teacher Name: (Required.)

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* 2. Student Name (Required.)

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* 3. What fuels tropical cyclones? (Required.)

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* 4. The two ingredients for tropical cyclones are: (Required.)

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* 5. What is the second stage of a tropical cyclone? (Required.)

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* 6. True/False: When hurricanes hit land, they usually become stronger. (Required.)

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* 7. How many hurricane categories are there? (Required.)

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* 8. What is another word for a tropical cyclone? (Required.)

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* 9. In what stage of a tropical cyclone is the storm named? (Required.)

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* 10. Thunderstorms need all the following EXCEPT: (Required.)

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* 11. What is responsible for forming clouds? (Required.)

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* 12. Where does most of the moisture in a thunderstorm come from? (Required.)

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* 13. What helps weather forecasters monitor clouds as they grow into thunderstorms? (Required.)

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* 14. What is a thunderstorm cloud shaped like? (Required.)

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* 15. What are the strong upward and downward winds in a thunderstorm called? (Required.)

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* 16. Unstable air forms when warm, moist air is near ground and what is above it? (Required.)

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* 17. True/false: When a storm runs out of updrafts, the storm weakens. (Required.)

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* 18. What part of the storm is fueled with warm, moist air? (Required.)

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* 19. True/False: Rising sea levels lowers the risks of coastal land erosion. (Required.)

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* 20. What states in the US are most vulnerable to sea level rise? (Required.)

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* 21. True or false: Rising sea levels can cause destruction to roads, bridges, and buildings on the coast. (Required.)

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* 22. What type of trees make up the Underwater Forest? (Required.)

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* 23. In what body of water was the Underwater Forest discovered?' (Required.)

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* 24. The Underwater Forest was buried under sediment for tens of thousands of years. How was it uncovered? (Required.)

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* 25. How were the ancient cypress trees preserved for over 60,000 years? (Required.)

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* 26. The ancient underwater forest gives us clues to changes in sea level 60,000 years ago. It shows: (Required.)

1. School/Teacher Name: (Required.)

2. Student Name (Required.)

3. What fuels tropical cyclones? (Required.)

4. The two ingredients for tropical cyclones are: (Required.)

5. What is the second stage of a tropical cyclone? (Required.)

6. True/False: When hurricanes hit land, they usually become stronger. (Required.)

7. How many hurricane categories are there? (Required.)

8. What is another word for a tropical cyclone? (Required.)

9. In what stage of a tropical cyclone is the storm named? (Required.)

10. Thunderstorms need all the following EXCEPT: (Required.)

11. What is responsible for forming clouds? (Required.)

12. Where does most of the moisture in a thunderstorm come from? (Required.)

13. What helps weather forecasters monitor clouds as they grow into thunderstorms? (Required.)

14. What is a thunderstorm cloud shaped like? (Required.)

15. What are the strong upward and downward winds in a thunderstorm called? (Required.)

16. Unstable air forms when warm, moist air is near ground and what is above it? (Required.)

17. True/false: When a storm runs out of updrafts, the storm weakens. (Required.)

18. What part of the storm is fueled with warm, moist air? (Required.)

19. True/False: Rising sea levels lowers the risks of coastal land erosion. (Required.)

20. What states in the US are most vulnerable to sea level rise? (Required.)

21. True or false: Rising sea levels can cause destruction to roads, bridges, and buildings on the coast. (Required.)

22. What type of trees make up the Underwater Forest? (Required.)

23. In what body of water was the Underwater Forest discovered?' (Required.)

24. The Underwater Forest was buried under sediment for tens of thousands of years. How was it uncovered? (Required.)

25. How were the ancient cypress trees preserved for over 60,000 years? (Required.)

26. The ancient underwater forest gives us clues to changes in sea level 60,000 years ago. It shows: (Required.)