A storm of ice produces this type of precipitation
What is freezing rain or what is hail?
100
This is a bright flash of electricity in the sky
What is lightning?
100
The three ingredients to make weather
What is wind, heat and water?
100
In 2011 this storm struck what Asian country starting with an earthquake then setting off a massive tsunami?
What is Japan?
100
These include all sudden events caused by environmental factors that injure people and damage property including all types of storms.
What is a natural disaster?
200
This storm begins with a dark sky and the formation of a funnel cloud.
What is a tornado?
200
Lots of these frozen particles bump into each other in the sky causing an electrical charge forming lightning
What is ice or frozen raindrops?
200
The is the full name for H2O
What is water?
200
This is the name of the hurricane that struck down in New Orleans in 2005.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
200
This famous location includes the name of a common shape, and is considered one of the stormiest places on earth. (Hint: it's in the ocean)
What is the Bermuda Triangle?
300
This storm is characterized by lots of heavy rains and can also be called a tropical cyclone.
What is a hurricane?
300
Positive charges form at the top of a cloud, and this type of charge forms at the bottom of the cloud (and coming up from the ground) forming an attraction causing lighting to strike down.
What is a negative charge or electrons?
300
This is made from a combination of moving air and heat
What is wind?
300
Superstorm Sandy struck this major US city causing massive floods and shutting down the subway system for days.
What is New York City?
300
This upstate New York city is considered the safest place in the US from natural disasters. (Hint: there is a college here with the initials SU whose main color is orange).
What is Syracuse?
400
This storm can be called a "white-out" because there is so much snow falling at one time.
What is a blizzard?
400
This is the temperature of lightning
What is 54,000 degrees Fahrenheit?
400
These form in the sky from lots of tiny water particles
What are clouds?
400
In November of 2013 a massive Typhoon hit this poor country causing an extreme number of deaths. This country has a number of islands off the Southeast coast of China.
What is the Philippines?
400
This is considered the most dangerous state to live in out of the entire United States. (Hint: it is a small state)
What is New Jersey?
500
This is created when a center of low pressure develops with a system of high pressure surrounding it.
What is a storm?
500
This is the most dangerous type of lightning
What is cloud to ground lightning?
500
This is the state of the atmosphere whether hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy.
What is weather?
500
This massive storm struck down in Texas in 2008.
What is Hurricane Ike?
500
This type of disaster can be cause by plates underneath the earth's surface shifting just slightly.