Parts of a Volcano
Hurricanes
Tsunami
Tornadoes
Miscellaneous
100
Side vent
What is a vent in the side of a volcanoe?
100
eye
What is the center of the hurricane called?
100
oceanographer
What is a scientist who studies oceans?
100
funnel cloud
What is a rotating column of wind that does not touch the ground?
100
365
What is the number of days in a regular calendar year?
200
Crust
What is Earth's outermost rocky layer
200
eyewall
What is also known as the wall cloud?
200
seafloor spreading
What is the movement of two oceanic plates away from each other, which results in the formation of new oceanic crust and a mid-ocean ridge?
200
tornado
What is a column like vortex of rapidly rotating air in contact with the ground?
200
7
What is the number of dwarfs in Snow White?
300
vent
What is an opening in the Earth's surface through which volcanic materials erupt?
300
hurricane
What is a powerful, rotating storm that forms over warm oceans near the equator in the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, or the eastern Pacific Ocean?
300
seismograph
What is a device that records and measures seismic waves?
300
Tornado Ally
What is an area in mid-USA that has a high number of significant tornadoes? It includes parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, eastern Colorado, and South Dakota.
300
gills
What is the way fish breath?
400
conduit
What is a passage through which magma flows in a volcano?
400
National Hurricane Center
What is a US government organization that tracks hurricanes in the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and eastern Pacific, and issues advisories about the storms?
400
tsunami
What is a huge wave, caused by undersea earthquakes, volcanic eruptions,or by astroid or meteoroid impact?
400
five
What is the number of catergories that tornados are classified or categorized into?
400
Disneyworld
What is the famous vacation spot in Flordia that is known for its famous big mouse?
500
ash cloud
What is the cloud of ash that forms in the air after some volcanic eruptioins?
500
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
What is the scale that rates hurricanes based on their current wind speed?
500
drawback
What is a phenomenon which the ocean recedes before a tsunami strikes a coast?
500
Fujita, Theodore
What is the name of the meteorologist who revolutionized the study of sever storms?
500
monsoon
What is the name given to changing winds in the Tropics, which cause a fierce rainy season to begin suddenly?
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