Question

What is a hurricane?
A) Cyclone
B) Earthquake
C) Tornado
D) Thunderstorm

Answer 1

Hint: A storm is any disrupted state of an environment or in the atmosphere of an astronomical body that affects its surface and strongly implies severe weather. Strong winds, tornadoes, hail, thunder, and lightning (a thunderstorm), are all examples of significant disruptions to normal conditions.

Complete answer:
Let us analyze the given options:
Option A) Cyclone: This is the correct option because a tropical cyclone is a low-pressure weather system that rotates around the earth and has structured thunderstorms but no fronts (a boundary separating two air masses of different densities). Tropical depressions are tropical cyclones with maximum sustained surface winds of less than 39 miles per hour (mph). Tropical storms are defined as storms having maximum sustained winds of 39 mph or above.A hurricane is defined as a storm with maximum sustained winds of 74 mph or higher. Based on a hurricane's maximum sustained winds, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale assigns a 1 to 5 classification, or category. The greater the hurricane's potential for property damage, the higher the category.

Option B) Earthquake: This is not the correct option because an earthquake occurs when stored energy in the Earth's crust is released suddenly, causing seismic waves. Earthquakes can cause ground shaking or displacement at the Earth's surface. They can sometimes cause tsunamis, which can result in loss of life and property destruction.

Option C) Tornado: This is not the correct option because a tornado is a violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground, typically (but not always) visible as a funnel cloud, and often (but not always) pendent from a cumuliform cloud or underneath a cumuliform cloud. The wind vortex, not the condensation cloud, is referred to as a tornado.

Option D) Thunderstorm: This is not the correct option because A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm or a lightning storm, is a storm marked by the presence of lightning and its thunderous auditory effect on the Earth's atmosphere. Thundershowers are thunderstorms that are quite weak. Cumulonimbus clouds are the sort of cloud that causes thunderstorms.

The correct option is A.Hurricane is a Cyclone.

Note: A tropical cyclone, or hurricane, is a type of storm that forms over tropical or subtropical oceans. Tropical storms are defined as storms having maximum sustained winds of 39 mph or above. A hurricane is defined as a storm with maximum sustained winds of 74 miles per hour or higher.