Tsunami
Volcanic Eruptions
Earthquake
Hurricane
Tornadoes
100

What is a Tsunami? Be specific. 

What is a large wave in an ocean that gets higher and higher as it travels towards land. 

100

What is a volcano?

What is a mountain or hill that erupts lava?

100

What is an Earthquake?

What is the violent shaking of the ground. 

100

What is a hurricane?

What is a tropical storm with high winds?

100

What is a tornado? 

What is a fast spinning column of air that reaches from the clouds to the ground?

200

How are tsunamis formed?

What are underwater earthquakes or underwater volcanic eruptions? 

200

How are volcanoes formed? Be specific. 

What is convergent tectonic plate movement that pushes the plates up or under one another forming volcanoes. Then, trough the fault lines magma from the earths core flows through and puddles in the volcano waiting to erupt. 

200

How are earthquakes caused?

What is tectonic plate movement?

200

How are hurricanes formed?

What is when warm moist air from near the equator mixes over water with cold air from the arctic?

200

How are tornadoes formed? 

What is when warm humid air collides with cold dry air during a storm, forming an updraft from the clouds to the ground? 

300

How fast can they travel?

What is up to 500 mph?

300

How fast can lava travel?

What is 10 - 48 mph?

300

What are earthquake measured by?

What is a seismograph?

300

What scale are hurricanes recorded by?

What is the Saffir-Simpson scale? 

300

What is the scale for tornadoes?

The enhanced fujita scale!

400

How tall are tsunamis?

What is 100 meters tall?

400

What scale are volcanoes recorded by?

What is Volcano Explosivity Index / VEI?

400

What scale are earthquakes recorded by? 

What is The Richter scale and what is level 10?

400

How fast can hurricanes wind speeds be?

What is around 500 mph?

400

What is the scale numbered to?

What is EF 0 to EF 5?

500

How far apart can each series of waves be?

What is up to an hour apart?

500

What is the highest level on the volcano measuring scale and what is the difference from the level below?

What is level 8 and what is 10 times bigger?

500
How much to tectonic plates move per year?

What is 1-2 inches?

500

How long is a hurricane in diameter?

What is hundreds of miles in diameter?

500

What colour do the skies turn during a tornado?

What is green?