Volcanos
Summer Heat
Hurricanes
Thunderstorms
Tsunami & Floods
100

This is the name for molten rock below the Earth's surface.

What is magma?

100

The mating call of this insect can be used to estimate temperature - just add 40 to the number of chirps in 15 seconds.

What is a cricket?

100

About 40% of US hurricanes make landfall in this state.

What is Florida?

100

This phobia is a fear of thunder and lightning.

What is Astraphobia?

100

80% of tsunamis occur in this area of the Pacific Ocean, also the namesake of a chart topping Johnny Cash song.

What is the Ring of Fire?

200

These type of volcanos have not erupted in recorded history.

What are extinct volcanos?

200

The iron in this Parisian landmark can expand up to 6 inches during summer's hottest days.

What is the Eiffel Tower?

200

Around 7% of Northern Hemisphere hurricanes form in this ocean.

What is the Indian Ocean?

200

This Norse god of thunder and lightning lends his name to the thirstiest day of the week, Thursday.

Who is Thor?

200

This island nation has the longest recorded history of tsunami events.

What is Japan?

300

Volcanos occur at the shifting boundaries of these parts of the Earth's lithosphere.

What are tectonic plates?

300

This constellation's visibility in the summer inspired the name for the "Dog Days of Summer."

What is Canis Major ("Greater Dog")?

300

This is the minimum wind speed for a storm to be classified as a hurricane.

What is 74 mph?

300

This phenomena is occurs at the mouth of the namesake river and Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, where lightning flashes up to 40 times a minute for 9 hours a day, ~150 nights of the year.

What is Catatumbo lightning?

300

This 1889 flooding event is considered the deadliest in US history and occurred right here in Pennsylvania.

What is the Johnstown Flood (Great Flood of 1889)?

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