Natural Disaster
What causes sudden and violent shaking of the ground?
Earthquake
A massive coral reef system off the coast of Australia.
The Great Barrier Reef
Brilliant atmospheric light displays caused by solar winds colliding with Earth’s magnetic field. (also known as southern or northern lights).
Aurora Borealis/ Aurora Australis
What does the Richter scale measure?
Earthquake magnitude
In 2016, this “Beast” swept through a northern Alberta city prompting the largest evacuation in the provinces history.
The Fort McMurray wildfires.
What describes a rapidly spinning column of air that reaches from a thunderstorm to the ground?
Tornado
Located in Arizona, this massive gorge was carved by the Colorado river over millions of years.
The Grand Canyon
A vibrant and colourfully optical display of sunlight after a rainstorm.
A Rainbow
What does the Beaut-fort scale measure?
Wind speed
In 1997, “the Flood of the Century” forced the evacuation of 28,000 people and submerged vast areas of what province?
Manitoba
A mountain that is open downward to a pool of molten rock.
Volcano
Straddling the boarder of Ontario and New York is this famous trio of waterfalls.
Niagara Falls
What biochemical process makes fireflies, anglerfish, and phytoplankton glow in the dark?
Bioluminescence
How do you measure and avalanche?
Radar technology
In 1987, what was Edmonton’s “Black Friday” catastrophe caused by and what strength/rating was it given?
A F4 Tornado
A giant, powerful oceanic wave.
Tsunami
Earth is located in this spiral galaxy named for its appearance as a dim, glowing band of light spanning the night sky.
The Milky Way
These columns of spinning air occurs during volcanic eruptions or intense wildfires.
Fire Whirls/ Fire tornados/ Fire Devils.
How do you measure a Tsunami?
Measured in meters by checking bouy movment
In 2011, Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan was hit by a tsunami caused by what magnitude of earthquake?
9.1 on the Richter Scale
This meteorological event is caused by strong winds that move massive plumes of warm water vapour inland causing major precipitation, flooding and landslides.
Atmospheric River
Located off the coast of belize, this deep marine sinkhole is famous for its dark blue circle and ring of coral.
The Great Blue Hole.
Derived from an Icelandic verb meaning “to gust”, this phenomenon intermittently ejects a turbulent column of boiling water and steam through a narrow vent in the earth’s crust.
Geyser
What is VEI stand for?
Volcanic Explosive Index.
What is considered the most well-known, devastating disaster in all of human history. (1300s)
Bubonic Plague / Black Death