Earthquakes
What do we call the shaking of the ground caused by movement of Earth’s plates?
What is an earthquake?
What natural event often triggers mudslides?
What is heavy rain?
What happens when water covers land that is usually dry?
What is flooding?
What type of storm forms over warm ocean water?
What is a hurricane?
What spinning column of air touches the ground?
What is a tornado?
What tool measures the strength of an earthquake?
What is a seismograph?
What type of land is most likely to have a mudslide?
What is steep land or hillsides?
What body of water often overflows and causes floods?
What is a river?
What part of a hurricane is calm with clear skies?
What is the eye?
What shape does a tornado usually have?
What is a funnel?
What do we call the place underground where an earthquake starts?
What is the focus (or hypocenter)?
What mixture moves downhill in a mudslide?
What are mud, rocks, and debris?
What is a flash flood?
What is a flood that happens very quickly?
What scale measures hurricane strength?
What is the Saffir-Simpson Scale?
What scale measures tornado strength?
What is the Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale?
What is the point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus?
What is the epicenter?
How can planting trees help prevent mudslides?
What is holding soil in place with roots?
Why are floods dangerous for cars?
What is because water can sweep them away?
What dangerous rise of ocean water happens during hurricanes?
What is storm surge?
Where is the safest place during a tornado?
What is a basement or interior room?
What should you do during an earthquake: “Drop, Cover, and ____”?
What is Hold On?
Mudslides move fastest during what type of weather?
What is heavy rain or storms?
What safety rule says never walk or drive through floodwater?
What is “Turn Around, Don’t Drown”?
Hurricanes weaken when they move over what?
What is land?
Tornadoes usually form during what type of storm?
What is a thunderstorm?