Volcanos
Hurricanes
Students of 6th Period
Earthquakes
Space
100

What is a dormant volcano

A volcano that hasn't erupted for a long time but still could.

100

What is the eye of a hurricane

it is the center of the hurricane

100

What is the game everybody is playing in 6th

Chess

100

What was the really big fault all along California

San Andreas Fault

100

What is the biggest star in our solar system

The Sun

200

What is an Active Volcano

A volcano that is erupting

200

What is a hurricane

A storm spinning counterclockwise with winds greater than or equal to 74 mph.

200

Who ate the one chip in class

Aiden

200

Where does the energy for earthquakes come from?

Plate Tectonics

200

The moon does what

Orbits Earth

300

What is the Ring of Fire 

A belt of volcanos along the edge of the Pacific ocean

300

Category 5 wind speed

Greater than 155 mph!!

300

Are Pierson and Preston in our class

No

300

What is the epicenter

the point on the surface directly above the focus

300

What is an eclipse

A planet blocking out the sun

400
How many active volcanos are there currently

1900

400

Saffir Simpson Scale

The scale used to measure a hurricane's intensity.

400

Who started the Chess Wave

Chema

400

Seismograph

instrument used to measure and record earthquakes

400

What is the Asteroid Belt

The region of the solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, where many asteroids are found.

500

Where do most volcanos occur

Along plate boundaries

500

What is a storm surge

A large surge of water near the coast. This causes the most damage.

500

Who was our old teachers aid

James Dorsey
500

Magnitude

measure of the ground movement/energy released

500

What is a meteoroid

is a shooting star, broken pieces of asteroids or comets.