Learning task 1: Read each statement carefully, then choose and encircle only the letter of the best answer.
1. Which government agency is responsible in monitoring tropical cyclones in the Philippines?
A. DOST
B. PHIVOLCS
C. DENR
D. PAGASA
2. Tropical cyclones were categorized depending on the speed of the wind. Which cyclone is being described if the wind
speed is greater than 200 kph?
A. Typhoon
B. Tropical storm C. Super typhoon
D. Tropical depression
3. Tropical cyclones need water vapor in order to form. From which bodies of water do cyclones usually originate?
A lakes
B. oceans
C. streams
D. rivers
4. A tropical cyclone is observed to be approaching the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) with sustained winds of
64 kph. How would you categorize this tropical cyclone?
A. Tropical storm
C. Typhoon
B. Tropical depression
D. Low Pressure area
5. Which of the following is NOT a category of a tropical cyclone?
A. Super typhoon
B. Typhoon
C. Thunderstorm D. Tropical storm
6. In which direction does the tropical cyclone generally move?
A. Northwest
B. Northeast
C. Southwest
D. Southeast
7. If typhoon is used in the Northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean, what is its equivalent in the Northeastern part of the
Pacific Ocean and Northern part of Atlantic Ocean?
A. Hurricane
B. Cyclone
C. Thunderstorm D. Storm surge
8. Which of the following is the maximum windspeed (kph) of a tropical cyclone?
A. 118 B. 200
C. 64
D. greater than 200
9. Which will likely to happen once tropical cyclones reach land?
A. They continue to sustain their wind speed.
B. Their wind speed will be greater because of the warm temperature of the land.
C. The temperature of the land will help the cyclones to keep them going
D. They weakend and die out because they cut off from the warm ocean waters that keep them going.
10. Which of the following is average number of tropical cyclones that enter in the Philippine Area pf responsibility ( PAR ) every year.
A. 20
B. 30
C. 40
D. 35​