Odds and ends
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Earth Shaking!
Current Weather
Tornado!
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True or False? Thousands of people are struck by lightning each year?
What is true
100
In Japanese this word means "harbor wave?"
What is Tsunami
100
Trembling of the ground when masses of rock suddenly shift below the Earth's surface is known as?
An Earthquake
100
More than 3000 people died when an earthquake struck this Central Asian nation in late April?
Nepal
100
This part of the US receives a disproportionate amount of tornado activity, more than any other place on Earth. This region includes Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa and several other plains states. What is this region commonly referred to as?
Tornado Alley
200
True or false? Lightning on earth can register temperatures 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun?
What is true.
200
A rainbow created by light reflecting off of the surface of the moon is known as a?
What is "Moonbow"
200
True or false: Hundreds of earthquakes occur each day, and over 100,000 occur each year.
True! Most go undetected and are relatively small. About 1000 cause damage to property.
200
This part of the country is experiencing unpresidented drought conditions this year?
What is Southern California.
200
When a tornado lifts water into its funnel clouds, or forms over open water, it is know as a?
Water spout
300
What are the "Northern lights" known as when they appear in the southern hemisphere?
aurora australis
300
Because the Earth’s solid iron inner core the planet is protected by this______, which is shaped like a donut around our planet.
What is Earth's magnetic field
300
A pioneering scientist named Inge Lehmann discovered the Earth's core was solid by studying this type of fast moving wave created by earthquakes?
What is P wave, or Primary wave.
300
On April 22 a volcano spectacularly erupted in this South American Nation?
What is Chile
300
+++Daily Double+++ In 1999, 2003, and most recently in 2013 this American city was leveled by a third EF5 tornado in 15 years, causing billions of dollars in damages and and killing many people. In what city and state did this occur?
Moore, Oklahoma
400
What two gases (also elements) emit the colors in Aurora Borealis?
What is Nitrogen and Oxygen
400
The bending of waves when travelling through objects of different density is known as?
What is refraction
400
The first named storm of the year made landfall as a tropical storm between Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina at 6:00 a.m. EDT on Sunday May 11th, 2015. What was it named?
What is Ana
400
Most waterspouts in the US occur in this state?
What is Florida
500
Earth's crust is composed of several "plates" that "float" or rest upon the upper mantle. The study of these plates movements, growth, and collisions is know as the theory of Plate _____?
What is Techtonics
500
How are tornadoes categorized? According to what measurement scale? Add 200 points if you can name the inventor of the rating scale.
What is the F scale or EF scale. ( Fujita scale, or Enhanced Fujita scale) For an additional 200 points, I will accept Fujita, and / or Dr. T. Theodore Fujita.
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