Meteorology True or False - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Overpasses are safe places to shelter under during a tornado.	False	83%
You can determine how far away lightning is by counting the seconds between seeing lightning and hearing thunder.	True	83%
Lightning doesn't strike the same place twice.	False	78%
Lightning can be generated in ash clouds from a volcano.	True	76%
Large cities prevent tornadoes because the terrain is not flat enough.	False	68%
Opening your windows before a tornado can equalize the pressure and prevent your house from exploding.	False	66%
Waterspouts turn into tornadoes when they reach land.	True	61%
You can tell which direction lower pressure is by putting your back to the wind and pointing left in the northern hemisphere.	True	59%
Wind doesn't make a sound until it contacts an object.	True	59%
Wet air is less buoyant than dry air.	False	56%
Heat lightning produces no thunder and can happen without a cloud.	False	51%
You can tell the temperature based on a cricket's chirps.	True	51%
The most dangerous part of a hurricane or typhoon is the wind.	False	46%
Water swirls in your toilet one way in the northern hemisphere, and the opposite in the southern hemisphere due to the Coriolis Force.	False	39%
If the sky is red at sunset, then you can expect fair weather. If it is red at sunrise, you can expect poor weather.	True	39%

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