Global Warming
What is global warming?
The rising of the earth's surface temperature mainly due to the increase of greenhouse gases.
This wave comes after the first initial earthquake activity.
What is an aftershock?
This instrument measures atmospheric pressure.
What is a barometer?
This activity causes the shaking and trembling of the Earth's surface by the sudden release of energy in the crust
What is an earthquake?
The world's longest river.
What is the Nile?
This greenhouse gas is the largest contributor to global warming.
What is carbon dioxide?
This scale measures the magnitude of an earthquake.
What is the Richter scale?
The long-term average of weather in a region is referred to as this.
What is climate?
A natural disaster caused by heavy rainfall and overflowing rivers.
What is a flood?
The tallest mountain in the world.
What is Mount Everest?
Melting ice caps in this region are a significant indicator of global warming.
What is the Arctic?
The point on the Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's origin is called this.
What is the epicenter?
A funnel-shaped cloud that reaches the ground is known as this type of severe weather.
What is a tornado?
Tsunamis are typically caused by this underwater geological event.
What are underwater earthquakes?
This line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
Deforestation contributes to global warming by reducing the number of these carbon-absorbing organisms.
What are trees?
Earthquakes are caused by movements along these fractures in the Earth's crust.
What are faults?
The layer of the atmosphere where most weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
The Saffir-Simpson scale measures the intensity of these tropical storms.
What are hurricanes?
This desert is the largest hot desert in the world.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This international organization monitors and reports on climate change impacts.
What is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)?
The boundary where the Pacific Plate meets other tectonic plates, known for frequent earthquakes, is called this.
What is the Ring of Fire?
This periodic climate pattern involves unusually warm ocean temperatures in the Pacific.
What is El Niño?
These fast-moving, hot flows of gas and volcanic material are one of the deadliest aspects of volcanic eruptions.
What are pyroclastic flows?
The country with the most time zones.
What is France? (including overseas territories)