What is the cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow, drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration called?
What is the water cycle
100
Where did Hurricane Katrina occur?
What is New Orleans, Louisiana
100
Which direction does a tornado spin?
What is counter clockwise
100
What is a huge wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption called?
What is a tsunami
100
In what country did the tsunami occur in the movie?
What is Thailand
200
What process happens to a cold can of soda on a hot summer day?
What is condensation
200
How fast are the winds of a category 1 hurricane?
What is 74-96mph
200
What is needed to form a tornado?
What is warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and cool dry air from Canada
200
A tsunami can move faster than a person can run?
What is True
200
How many waves were Maria, and Lucas hit by?
What is 2
300
What is the changing of a liquid into a gas, often under the influence of heat (as in the boiling of water) called?
What is evaporation
300
What is the center of a hurricane called?
What is the eye
300
Which country is struck by the more tornadoes than anywhere else in the world?
What is the US
300
What is the Japanese translation of the word tsunami?
What is harbor wave
300
What was the mothers profession in the movie The Impossible?
What is a doctor
400
What is the process by which water that is absorbed by plants, usually through the roots, is evaporated into the atmosphere called?
What is transpiration
400
When is hurricane season?
What is June- November
400
Who created the F-Scale of Tornado Intensity
What is Ted Fujita
400
Why are tsunamis no longer referred to as tidal waves?
What is they are not related to the tide
400
What happened to Daniel? (the little boy who Lucas and Maria found after the second wave hit)
What is he was reunited with his father
500
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all examples of this process
What is precipitation
500
What are the 4 main ingredients needed to form a hurricane?
What is ocean water, wind, heat, and the spin of the earth
500
Name 3 states in Tornado Alley
What is North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Louisiana, Iowa, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois
500
What time of day or night do tsunamis happen?
What is anytime
500
Why is the can of soda a significant part of the movie?
What is in the beginning Lucas was not allowed to drink the soda but after the tsunami the soda was all they had to survive