HURRICANES
How many classifications of Hurricanes are there?
5
Smaller quakes produced after a major quake that are caused by rocks shifting to new positions.
What are aftershocks?
How many levels are on the Enhanced Fujita Scale?
6
The "Boxing Day" Tsunami Led to the creation of a comprehensive ____________system, for the Indian Ocean region, improving disaster preparedness.
Warning
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?
What do we call a huricane in the Northwest Pacific by Japan?
Typhoon
The 1960 Valdivia Earthquake happened in what country?
Chile
This swirling cloud is the first sign of potential tornadic activity.
What is a funnel-shaped cloud?
Tsunamis are huge waves of water that are usually caused by earthquakes or these.
What are volcanic eruptions?
Lava, gas and what is released when a volcano erupts?
Ash
This was a category 5 hurricane, which made landfall along the Gulf of Mexico, in 2005
Hurricane Katrina
The Earth's crust is broken into massive tectonic _______ that are constantly moving.
Plates
This country averages around 1200 tornadoes every year, more than any other country.
What is the USA?
When tsunamis hit shallow water (often near the coast) they slow down but increase in this.
What is height?
Mt. St. Helens erupted in 1980 in what US state?
Washington
A relatively calm area in the center of the storm.
The Eye
The instrument used to measure the strength or magnitude of an earthquake, is called the Richter Scale. What is the highest number an Earthquake can register?
10
An EF5 Tornado has winds over how many miles per hour?
200 mph
The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami on December 26 struck how many countires?
14
The word volcano originally comes from the name Vulcan, the Roman god of what
Who is Vulcan?
An abnormal rise of water generated by a storm.
Storm Surge
A huge crack that runs through most of California that separates the North American and Pacific plates.
What is the San Andreas Fault?
The Tri-State Tornado of 1925 when through what three states?
Missouri, Illinois and Indiana
The Japanese word "tsunami" translates to what?
"harbor wave"
What is a lateral blast?
A sideways explosion.