Earthquakes
The U.S. State that is most earthquake prone
Alaska/California
Where 80% of tsunamis happen
Pacific Ocean
The center of a hurricane
The Eye
The safest place to be during a tornado
Basement
An uncontrolled fire that burns in the wildland vegetation
Wildfire
Where on Earth most earthquakes occur
The ocean floor
True or False? The first tsunami wave is the strongest.
False
Hurricanes need _____ water to form
Warm
A tornado is a spinning column of _____.
Air and Wind
A severe snowstorm with strong winds and lasts for a long time
Blizzard
A line on a rock surface or the ground that traces a geological fault
Fault line
The English translation of the Japanese word 'tsunami'
Harbor Wave
The ocean where most hurricanes occur
Atlantic Ocean
Tornadoes occur when a _____ front meets a _____ front.
Tornadoes occur when a cold front meets a warm front.
Dirt, pebbles, rocks, and boulders slide down a slope
Landslide
How many earthquakes Southern California has a year
10,000
What a series of tsunami waves is called
Wave train
The U.S. state where most hurricanes occur
Florida
How many minutes a tornado lasts
10 minutes
An overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry
Flood
The name of the scale that measures earthquakes
Richter Scale
The movie made about the 2004 tsunami
The Impossible
Hurricanes are __________ storms.
Tropical
The nickname for where most tornadoes occur
Tornado Alley
What causes most wildfires
People
Earthquakes happen when the plates do one of these three things
Move apart; bump into each other; or slide under each other
The country hit by the infamous 2004 tsunami
Indonesia and Thailand
Three other names for a hurricane (100 points each)
Cyclones, typhoons, and monsoon
Twisters
Three categories of floods (100 points each)
The magnitude of the Valdivia Earthquake (the largest recorded earthquake)
9.5
The four U.S. states that are at the greatest risk for a tsunami (100 points each)
Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California
True or False? Hurricanes gain strength as they move inland.
False
Tornadoes occur most often in these four states (100 points each)
Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska
Iowa and South Dakota
How fast landslides can travel
35 miles per hour
The largest recorded earthquake
Valdivia Earthquake
An underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption
The name of the scale that measures hurricanes
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale
1,000 tornadoes
_________ spreads "crown fires" quickly
Wind
The underground focus point of an earthquake
Hypocenter
How high tsunami waves can get
100 feet high
How fast the winds have to be for a storm to be a hurricane
74 mph
The average speed of a tornado
30 miles per hour
The worst blizzard in world history
1972 Iran Blizzard
The point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
Epicenter
How fast tsunami waves can travel
500 mph or 800 km/h
How hurricanes are named
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) keeps six lists of 21 male and female names that are used in rotation, and recycled every six years. The names of the worst hurricanes are not repeated.
The name of the scale that measures tornadoes
Fujita Scale
The tool used to predict blizzards
The Weather Satellite