Characteristics
Effects
Summer Monsoons
Winter Monsoons
Trivia
100
What is the primary cause of monsoons?
season shift in wind direction
100
What is the cost of damage?
Approximately $3.3 million
100
When do summer monsoons occur?
When is April to September, and September to April?
100
Are winter monsoons more or less powerful than summer monsoons?
what is less powerful?
100
How can scientists predict monsoons?
What is unknown?
200
What are some of the characteristics of a monsoon?
wind, rain, severe thunderstorms, hail, sometimes tornadoes
200
What happens when it rains too much?
What is flooding?
200
What is a common effect in Summer Monsoons with lots of rain? (aside from flooding)
What are mudslides?
200
What land formation stops the majority of wind and moisture from reaching the coast of South East Asia?
What are the Himalaya Mountains?
200
How can you help clean up after a monsoon?
What is clean up debris, send medical supplies, send people that know how to help, send necessary provisions????
300
Where are monsoons common?
Where are Asia, India, The Midwest
300
What crop is helped by monsoons?
What is rice?
300
Where do the common summer monsoons occur?
Where are India, Bangladesh?
300
What is a common effect of winter monsoons?
What are droughts?
300
How can you prepare for a monsoon?
What is evacuation and knowledge?
400
What are the common months monsoons occur in?
April to September, September to April
400
What is the death toll of monsoons?
What is 10,000-15,000?
400
What city had 39.1 inches of rain in 2005? (hint: begins with an m)
Where is Mumbai, Marashashtra?
400
Where do they commonly occur?
Where are Mongolia and North Western China?
400
How can you prevent a monsoon?
What is nothing?
500
Where do summer winds travel? (Hint: from ____ to _____)
land to sea
500
Is it natural, man-made, or combination?
What is natural?
500
What kind of power relies on monsoons?
What is hydroelectric power?
500
What part of Asia experiences its rainy season in winter?
Where is South East Asia?
500
Which monsoon was one of the greatest disasters in history?
What is Pakistan July 2010?
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