Hurricane
What is the lowest category for a hurricane?
Category 1
What is the lowest category a cyclone can be?
Category 1
What is the highest category a tornado can be?
F-5
What is the largest earthquake ever recorded?
The Valdivia Earthquake
What causes a tsunami?
A tsunami is a series of waves that are caused by earthquakes or undersea volcanic eruption.
Where do hurricanes form?
hurricanes form near the equator over warm ocean waters
What is a cyclone?
A cyclone is a system of winds rotating inward to an area with low atmospheric pressure
What is the lowest category for a tornado?
F-0
What is an Earthquake?
An earthquake is a sudden and rapid shaking of the ground
How many different types of tsunamis are there?
There are three types of tsunamis
What is a hurricane?
A hurricane is a large rotating storm that forms over warm water.
What is the highest category for a cyclone?
Category 5
Where do most tornadoes form?
Most tornadoes are found in the Great Plains region also known as Tornado Alley.
What causes an earthquake?
The slip of a fault when a tectonic plate gets stuck. Pressure starts to build up and when the pressure gets too high, the plates suddenly move causing an earthquake.
Do tsunami waves increase in size as they go through the ocean?
No. Tsunami waves don’t dramatically increase in its height, but when it reaches land, they build up to higher heights, as the ocean depth decreases.
How do hurricanes form?
A Hurricane forms by warm moist air that rises and is replaced with the cool air. The cool air will warm and then rise and this is what creates a hurricane
What does it take to make a cyclone?
In order to form a cyclone, worm, most air over the ocean has to rise upward from near the surface. So as the warm air rises it leaves an area of low air pressure under it.
How do tornadoes form?
Tornadoes form when warm, moist air meets with cool dry air, creating an imbalance in the atmosphere. The warm air pushed under the cold air and then the warm air pushes above, causing a draft.
Where are earthquakes more common to be found?
Earthquakes are most frequently found where the oceanic and continental plates meet
What are the three types of tsunamis?
Local, regional, and distant
What wind speed does a hurricane have to have to be classified as a hurricane?
75 mph or more
How fast does the wind have to be to categorized as a cyclone?
74-95 mph
Daulatpur–Saturia tornado in Bangladesh
What all can earthquakes cause?
Earthquakes can make mountain ranges, fires, tsunamis, landslides and more.
The worlds deadliest tsunami, the Boxing Day tsunami, formed over which ocean?
Indian Ocean