Volcanoes
Scientists notice earthquakes increasing near a volcano and the ground beginning to bulge upward. What might they predict?
What is that a volcanic eruption may happen soon?
Scientist study past hurricane paths and strengths mainly to do this.
What is predict future hurricanes and prepare people?
A tornado is officially classified when a funnel cloud does this.
What is touches the ground?
Scientists use patterns from past earthquakes mainly for this purpose.
What is predicting future earthquake risk?
A drought is a long period with very little of this.
What is precipitation/rainfall?
Ash from volcanoes can mix with water vapor in the atmosphere and lead to this harmful type of rain.
What is acid rain?
A coastal town is preparing for a hurricane. Which hazard is most likely?
landslide from a mountain
storm surge flooding
volcanic ask
lava flow
What is storm surge flooding?
Tornadoes are most common in this general region of the United States.
What is the central United States
If one state averages far more earthquakes than another over many years, scientists can conclude this.
What is the state is more likely to experience earthquakes?
One possible solution to drought problems in California is recycling this resource/
What is water/wastewater?
This fast moving mixture of hot ash, gas and rock rushes down the side of a volcano during some eruptions.
What is pyroclastic flow?
A Category 1 hurricane causes damage mainly from strong winds. About how long may power outages last?
What is a few days?
Strong tornadoes often leave behind this kind of damage. (go by the textbook)
What is uprooted trees and damaged buildings.
Which state experiences the greatest number of earthquakes in the United States. (half credit if you get the state with the 2nd most)
What is Alaska?
A city wants to build a new drought solution that uses large amounts of electricity and costs billions of dollars. Explain one reason scientists and engineers might hesitate before choosing this solution.
What is it may be too expensive, require too mu h energy, or harm the environment?
Ash from volcanoes can mix with water vapor in the atmosphere and lead to this harmful type of rain.
What is acid rain?
Which hurricane category has the strongest winds and most severe damage?
What is Category 5?
True or False. Tornadoes can last for several days and travel thousands of kilometers.
What is false.
Frequent earthquakes often happen near these areas of Earth.
What are tectonic plate boundaries?
Some scientists collect tiny water droplets from fog to help provide freshwater. This method is called this.
What is fog catching/fog collection?
Explain why many volcanoes are found near tectonic plate boundaries.
What is because tectonic plates collide, separate or slide past each other, allowing mag,a to rise to the surface?
Explain one reason hurricanes usually weaken after moving over land?
What is because they lose access to warm ocean water that provides energy?
This tool helps scientists study tornadoes by tracking storm movement and wind patterns.
What is Doppler radar?
Explain why earthquake prediction is difficult even when scientists collect large amounts of data.
What is because scientists can identify patterns and risks, but cannot know exactly when or where an earthquake will occur?
Why might cloud seeding not always work well as a drought solution.
What is because it depends on weather conditions and clouds already being present?