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vicotolentino

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Hurricanes are least likely to form
   a. along the ITCZ.
   b. along the equator.
   c. with an easterly wave.
   d. when the trade wind inversion is weak.
   e. when the surface water temperature exceeds 25C.

Question 2

The main reason hurricanes don't develop over the South Atlantic Ocean adjacent to South America is because the
   a. Coriolis force is too small there.
   b. pressure gradient force is too weak in that area.
   c. surface water temperatures are too cold.
   d. air at the surface is always diverging.
   e. winds dont spin into the right direction.



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: b

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: c



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