Earthquakes
Floods
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Volcanoes
100
True or False: You can feel every earthquake that happens.
False
100
What percent of the world is covered by water?
70%
100
Where do hurricanes first start at?
The Ocean
100
Where do most tornadoes form?
Inside Powerful Thunderstorms
100
What erupts from a volcano?
Steam, lava, ash, or gases
200
Is an earthquake with a magnitude of 3 considered small, medium, or large?
Small
200
What do people build in rivers and streams to hold water back?
Dams
200
What is the calm area in the center of Hurricanes called?
The Eye
200
True or False: Some tornadoes form from hurricanes.
True
200
What is lava called when it is still underground and inside the volcano?
Magma
300
What usually occurs after an earthquake? These can happen the next day, the next week, the next month, or the next year.
Aftershock
300
What are the three types of floods?
River, Coastal, and Flash
300
Between what months do hurricanes typically occur?
June(or May)-November
300
When is tornado season?
March-August
300
What is the name of scientists that study volcanoes?
Volcanologists
400
What is the name of the pieces of the earth's crust that are constantly moving around and that cause earthquakes?
Tectonic plates
400
What are areas of low land near rivers called?
Flood plains
400
What is the name for large ocean waves pushed over land by hurricanes?
Storm surges
400
What is the name of the scale system scientists use to rate how powerful a tornado is?
Fujita-Pearson Tornado Scale
400
When did the last volcanic eruption in the United States Occur?
May 18, 1980
500
What famous United States City was hit by an earthquake with the magnitude of 8.25 in 1906?
San Francisco
500
Where were some of the first known floods located?
The Nile River or Egypt
500
What five letters of the alphabet are not used for naming hurricanes?
Q, U, X, Y, and Z
500
Name one state that is in "Tornado Alley".
Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma or Texas
500
What kind of rock formed by hardened lava is light enough to float because it is filled with gases from the volcano?
Pumice
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