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Volcano
Hurricane
Blizzard
Earthquake
Tsunami
100
Eruption
What is it called when lava shoots out of a volcano?
100
heavy rain, strong winds and heavy waves
What do hurricanes cause on land?
100
high winds, blowing snow and very cold temperatures
What is a blizzard?
100
An earthquake
What is it called when the plates in the earth move they put force on themselves and each other, which, when large enough, causes the crust to break. When the break occurs, the stress is released as energy which moves through the Earth in the form of waves, which we feel?
100
A Tsunami
What is a series of sea waves caused by an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption. More rarely, a tsunami can be generated by a giant meteor impact with the ocean.
200
Molten Rock
What is lava made out of?
200
counter-clockwise direction
What is the direction that a hurricane rotates in?
200
whiteout conditions that make driving and walking nearly impossible
What are dangers of a blizzard?
200
More than three million
How many earthquakes occur each year?
200
freight train
What does a tsunami feel like?
300
20 Mile Radius
What is the danger area around a volcano?
300
five categories
How many categories can hurricanes be classified into?
300
Rochester, New York
What city averages 94 inches of snow a year?
300
Ring of Fire
Where do most earthquakes occur?
300
slows down
What does a Tsunami do when it reaches the coast?
400
80 % of the earths surface
What is the percentage of the earth that has volcanic origin?
400
Galveston, Texas
Where did the deadliest hurricane occur?
400
Nor'easters
What is the storms that stalls over the coast and last anywhere from 12 to 24 hours with snow amounts measured in feet rather than inches?
400
Prince William Sound, Alaska
Where was the largest earthquake?
400
tsunamis may be less than a foot high on the ocean’s surface, can travel at speeds up to 500 mph without being noticed and cross the entire ocean in less than a day
What can happen to a tsunami when it is in a deep ocean?
500
Hawaii, Alaska, California, Oregon and Washington
What are the states that active volcanoes are found in?
500
Winds greater than 155 miles per hour
What classifies a hurricane as a category 5 hurricane?
500
melt the snow first
What should you do if you are caught in a blizzard before you eat the snow?
500
Alaska
What is the most earthquake prone state?
500
60 miles
How long can a wave be from a Tsunami?