HURRICANES
EARTHQUAKES
TORNADOS
TSUNAMIS
Wildfires
100
A relatively calm area in the center of the storm.
What is the eye?
100

These are smaller quakes produced after a major quake that are caused by rocks shifting to new positions.

What are aftershocks?

100
A tornado that forms over water.
What is a waterspout?
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

Australia, Siberia and California are some of them.

What are the areas hit hardest by wildfires?

200

This is a ring of clouds that surround the eye.

What is the eye wall?

200

This is the underground point of origin of an earthquake, where the rocks break and move.

What is the focus?

200
This country averages around 1200 tornadoes every year, more than any other country.
What is the USA?
200
When tsunamis hit shallow water (often near the coast) they slow down but increase in this.
What is height?
200

They are babies, pregnant women, elderly people and people with respiratory disorders.

Which people are most at risk of being harmed by breathing in smoke from wildfires?

300

This is the worst hurricane that has ever hit Toronto.

What is Hurricane Hazel, in 1954?

300
Waves of energy that are released during an earthquake.
What are seismic waves?
300

This swirling cloud is the first sign of potential tornadic activity.

What is a funnel-shaped cloud?

300
Tsunamis are huge waves of water that are usually caused by earthquakes or these.
What are volcanic eruptions?
300

This has been happening since the 1980s.

The area burned by wildfires has been increasing each year since what decade?

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
The majority of US tornadoes occur in a geographically unique area nicknamed this.
What is ‘Tornado Alley’?
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

These are the two things that wildfires need in order to start.

What are an ignition source (such as a spark) and oxygen?

500
A 1 to 5 categorization based on the hurricane's intensity at the indicated time.
What is the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale?
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
Tornadoes are rated from EF0 - EF5 on this scale, developed in the 1960's and based on observed damage.
What is the Enhanced Fujita Scale?
500
The Japanese word tsunami literally means this.
What is ‘harbor wave’?
500

This is called a superbloom.

What are thousands of wildflowers that bloom in an area recovering from a wildfire?

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