Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Halloween /random trivia
Hurricane
Tornado
100
What is the opening of a volcano called?
A vent
100

What is the center of a earthquake called?

Answers may vary

100

In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just one of what animal because they get lonely?

what is a guinea pig?

100

Describe a storm surge?

What is water blown onshore by high winds, making them rise rapidly. 

100
List three ways that the public in Australia would be warned about droughts or floods.
TV news, newspapers, SMS alerts, door-knocking
200
What material or substance forms the grey cloud that rises out the top of a volcano?
Volcanic ash
200

How are earthquakes measured? What is the keyword that describes them?

What is magnitude?

200

What fruit was once so rare and expensive in Europe that people would rent them to display at parties?

What is pineapple?

200

What direction does an Hurricane spin?

What is counterclockwise?

200

What is the area called that has the most tornadoes in North America?

What is tornado Alley?

300
Give a definition (in your team's own words) of a natural disaster.
A natural event that causes significant loss of life or damage.
300
How are earthquakes and tsunamis related?
A tsunami is caused by an earthquake on the ocean floor that creates damaging waves onshore
300

What specific type of animal urine glows under ultraviolet light?

What is cat urine?

300

What is the centre of the hurricane called?

The "eye" of the hurricane

300

What are the people called when they follow storms?

What is storm chasers?

400
What is the name given to the volcanoes located in the Pacific Ocean?
The Pacific Ring of Fire
400

What is the name of the scale used to measure earthquakes?

What is the Richter Scale?

400

What was the first Jack-o lantern made with?

What are turnips or other root vegetables?

400

What is the keyword used to describe the intensity of the hurricane?

What is category?

400

What is the scale used to measure tornadoes?

What is the Fujita scale?

500

What do you call the large covering that blocks the vent of a volcano called?

What is a caldera?

500

What is the natural disaster that earthquakes can create? Must have correct spelling to earn points

What is Tsunami?

500

What is the phobia of Halloween called?

What is Samhainophobia?

500

What is the name of the rating system used for classifying hurricanes?

What is the saffir-simpson scale?

500

Please list the Fujita ratings tornadoes can earn?

EF0, EF1, EF2, EF3, EF4, EF5

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