Direction: Read and understand each statement below. Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If not, replace the underlined word/s to make the statement true.
______ 1. Weatherology is the study about the atmosphere, including the weather.
______2. Continental tropical masses are formed near the tropical land continents. _______3. A front is the borderline or boundary between two similar air masses.
______4. The eyewall of a typhoon has calm weather.
______ 5. As a typhoon strikes the land, its energy source is cut off and it starts to dissipate within a few days.
_____6. Typhoon requires ocean water with a temperature of at least 25.5°C and even higher.
_____7. Tropical depression is a tropical cyclone with a maximum wind speed of 89 to 117 kph near the center.
_______ 8. Tropical cyclones are called typhoons when it occurred in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
______9. Lows or cyclones have a high pressured area at the center.
_______10. The counter clockwise rotation of the Earth pushes the wind of the typhoon in northwest direction. ______11. The apparent oblique movement of wind is caused by Earth's rotation known as Coriolis effect.
______ 12. The increase in moisture causes a typhoon to lose its energy. _____13. There is no way to skip natural calamities but, we can reduce casualties and fatalities brought by these phenomena.
_______14. Warm air is denser than cool air.
______ 15. Cool air pushes warm air upward, in return, warm air goes up and floats.​