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Por el calentamiento del agua del mar y sobre todo en aguas del Mediterráneo entre los meses de mayo a octubre, en los cumulonimbos se forma una columna de aire cálido de poca densidad que asciende girando en sentido levógiro que da origen a:Through the warming of sea water, especially in the Mediterranean between May and October, a column of warm, low-density air forms in cumulonimbus clouds and rises spinning anticlockwise, giving rise to:
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Correct answer: b) A waterspout.
Why it is correct
When that convective vortex under a cumulonimbus forms over warm sea water, it produces a waterspout. Over land the same vortex is called a tornado.
Why the others are not
- a) A tornado is the same vortex over land.
- c) A tropical storm is a large-scale cyclonic system.
- d) A polar low forms in cold high latitudes.
How to work it out in the exam
- Vortex under cumulonimbus over the sea: waterspout.
Where this question comes from
- Región de Murcia · 2022 · 3ª convocatoria · CY Tipo x · question 23 Official paper · Official answer key
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