Ring of Fire
What is the ring of fire known for?
What is volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes.
What is the name of the scale used to classify hurricanes based on their intensity?
What is the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale?
Tornado is made up of two air temperatures.
What is warm air and cold air.
What natural disaster is the most common trigger of tsunamis?
What is a large magnitude earthquake.
What is a mudslide?
What is heavy rainfall or rapid snowmelt can trigger this type of mass movement of earth and debris down a slope.
What is the ring of fire?
What is a tectonic belt of volcanos and earthquakes.
What is the name of the calm, low-pressure area at the center of a hurricane?
What is the eye?
Tornadoes happen in this very hot season.
What is summer.
What type of ocean is most prone to tsunamis due to the abundance of subduction zones?
What is the Pacific Ocean.
This type of terrain, often found in mountainous areas, is susceptible to mudslides.
What are steep slopes.
This continent is NOT a part of the Ring of Fire.
What is Africa.
What is the most important factor in the formation of a hurricane, besides warm ocean water?
What is moist air?
The state not in Tornado Alley that has the most tornadoes.
What is Florida?
What is the name of the warning system that notifies coastal communities about potential tsunamis?
What is tsunami warning system.
This type of human activity, such as removing vegetation, can increase the risk of mudslides.
What is deforestation.
The Ring of Fire is caused by the movement of
What is tectonic plates.
What is the term for the type of damage caused by a hurricane that is most likely to occur in coastal areas?
What is wind damage?
In your house, hide in this part of the bathroom where the walls are thick like concrete.
What is a bathtub?
What is the term for the area where a tsunami is likely to be most destructive, typically closest to the source?
What is inundation zone.
A way to protect homes from potential mudslide damage is to create barriers, such as (blank), that divert the flow of mud.
What are retaining walls.
The Ring of Fire is the result of plate movement, with one plate often diving under another, causing volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
What is subduction?
What is the name of the tropical cyclone that caused the most economic damage in US history?
What is Hurricane Katrina?
If you are outside, hide in a ___________.
What is a ditch?
What is the term for the geological feature that can trigger tsunamis in some cases, such as a massive landslide into the ocean?
What is subduction zone.
Mudslides can travel several miles from their source, growing in size as they pick up (blank) along the way.
What are trees, vehicles, and other materials.