Name the cloud type that resembles wispy paint brush strokes at high altitude
Cirrus
100
Name the 3 parts of the Hydrologic cycle
Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation
100
Name the 3 types of volcanoes
Cinder Cone, Sheild, Composite or Stratovolcano
100
This instrument measures wind speed
Anemometer
100
The place on the surface of the Earth where a Earthquake begins is called what?
Epicenter
200
X2
In the Luke Howard cloud classification system, Nimbus stands for what?
Rain
200
What do you call a Supercell that forms over land?
Tornado
200
This type of volcano has quiet oozing eruptions
Sheild
200
This instrument measures air pressure
Barometer
200
The instrument used to measure the size of Earthquakes is called what?
Seismograph
300
What is the lowest cloud of all?
Fog
300
A Category 3 on the S-Scale is a measurement of what type of Severe Storm.
Hurricane
300
What tectonic plate boundary does the ring of fire lie on?
Pacific Plate
300
2X
Hot Air ( ) and cold air ( )
rises, sinks
300
What scale is used to measure Earthquakes?
Richter Scale
400
This cloud is considered a storm cloud often with rain, thunder and lightning
cumulonimbus
400
X2
Which of the following is NOT a measurement on the F-Scale or S-Scale that measures Tornadoes and Hurricanes?
F0, Category 2, Category 5, F2, Category 0, F4
Category 0
400
This type of Volcano produces the most violent eruptions
Composite or Stratovolcano
400
The Coriolis Effect is the bending or turning of wind and water due to what?
Rotation of Earth
400
Earthquakes that occur in or near the Ocean can cause a column of water to be pushed onto land. What do we call this rush of water and what is a clear sign that one is coming?
Tsunami
Extremely Low Tide, Beach Empties (Either one works)
500
2X
What causes wind?
Differences in air pressure
500
When hurricanes form in other areas they are called something different. Tell me the other names for hurricanes and which ocean they form in.
Typhoon - West Pacific Ocean
Cyclone - Indian Ocean
500
We call magma rising up in the middle of a tectonic plate that creates islands a ....
Hot Spot
500
Winds are named from the direction in which they begin. So a wind that is blowing FROM Florida TO New York would be called what?
Southwind
500
What are the two types of waves that occur during an Earthquake? Then tell me which one comes first and which one is the most destructive.
Primary Wave (Pwave)
Secondary Wave (Swave)
P wave comes first
S wave is most destructive