Tropical Cyclones
EARTHQUAKES
Wildfires
TSUNAMIS
VOLCANOES
100
A relatively calm area in the center of the storm.
What is the eye?
100
Smaller quakes produced after a major quake that are caused by rocks shifting to new positions.
What are aftershocks?
100

This percentage of wildfires are caused by humans

80-90%

100
Regions in these zones often have warning systems in place to give people as much time to evacuate as possible.
What are tsunami danger zones?
100
Hot liquid rock under the Earth’s surface is known this; it is called lava after it comes out of a volcano.
What is magma?
200
The maximum sustained surface wind of a hurricane is at least this speed or greater.
What is 74 mph?
200

Waves of energy that are released during an earthquake.

What are seismic waves?

200

What is the term for an uncontrolled fire in a natural area?

What is a wildfire?

200
Tsunamis are huge waves of water that are usually caused by earthquakes or these.
What are volcanic eruptions?
200
Sulfur dioxide is shot into the atmosphere by a volcano, then mixes with rain and falls back to Earth as this.
What is Acid Rain?
300

How warm does water need to be to start a tropical cyclone?

80 F

300
The underground point of origin of an earthquake where the rocks break and move.
What is the focus?
300

What cartoon character says, “Only you can prevent wildfires”?

Smokey The Bear

300
When tsunamis hit shallow water (often near the coast) they slow down but increase in this.
What is height?
300

A large flat volcano that has a large magma chamber full of basaltic magma.

What is a shield volcano?

400
An abnormal rise of water generated by a storm.
What is a storm surge?
400
The instrument used to measure the strength or magnitude of an earthquake.
What is the Richter Scale?
400

What kind of vegetation often fuels wildfires?

Dry brush. grasses, trees, etc.

400
In March 2011, the Tohoku earthquake off the eastern coast of this country caused a tsunami that was a major factor in the death of over 15000 people.
What is Japan?
400
The word volcano originally comes from the name of this Roman god of fire.
Who is Vulcan?
500

What U.S. city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005?

New Orleans

500
A huge crack that runs through most of California that separates the North American and Pacific plates.
What is the San Andreas Fault?
500

This wildfire management strategy, increasingly used as a climate adaptation tool, involves intentionally setting small, controlled fires under specific weather conditions to reduce fuel loads and mimic natural fire cycles — a practice long used by Indigenous communities.

Prescribed burning / controlled burning

500
The Japanese word tsunami literally means this.
What is ‘harbor wave’?
500
A thick cloud of superheated gas and ash which, upon eruption, flows down the volcano at top speeds of 150mph, destroying everything it touches.
What is Pyroclastic Flow?
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