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El fenómeno atmosférico-meteorológico de tipo ciclónico, consistente en una masa de aire con alta velocidad angular cuyo extremo inferior está en contacto con la superficie de la Tierra y el superior con una nube tipo cumulonimbus y que suele ser de poca extensión y de corta duración, se denomina:The cyclonic weather phenomenon consisting of a rapidly rotating air column whose lower end touches the land surface and whose upper end connects to a cumulonimbus cloud, of small diameter and short duration, is called a:
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Correct answer: b) Tornado
Why it is correct
A violent small-diameter vortex reaching from a cumulonimbus cloud down to the land surface is called a tornado; over the sea it is called a waterspout.
Why the others are not
- a) A waterspout has its base over water.
- c) A hurricane spans hundreds of miles and lasts many days.
- d) A tropical cyclone is a large-scale synoptic disturbance.
How to work it out in the exam
- Cumulonimbus funnel on land = tornado; at sea = waterspout.
Where this question comes from
- Junta de Andalucía · 2017 · 2ª convocatoria · CY Módulo genérico · question 7 Official paper · Official answer key
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