Volcanoes
Como se dice "volcano" en espanol?
Volcan
What are the plates that "move" and cause earthquakes?
Tectonic Plates
En cual oceano ocurren la mayoria de tsunamis?
Pacifico
Como se llama el centro de un huracan?
Ojo
The safest place to be during a tornado
Basement
An uncontrolled fire that burns in a forest or grassland is called a _______
Wildfire
Molten rock coming out of a volcano
Lava
Where on Earth most earthquakes occur
The Ring of Fire
True or False? The waves of a tsunami can be over 100 feet tall
True
Hurricanes need _____ water to form
Warm
A tornado is a spinning column of _____.
Air and Wind
Cual es el nombre de "snowstorm" en espanol?
Tormenta de nieve
Hot liquid under the Earth's surface
Magma
Como se dice "earthquake" en espanol?
Terremoto
The English translation of the Japanese word 'tsunami'
Harbor Wave or Port Wave
Dime el nombre de 2 huracanes en la historia
Ian, Milton, Melissa, Katrina, Helene....
Twisters
_________ spreads wildfires quickly
Wind
The area of the Pacific Ocean where it holds 90% of all volcanoes
The Ring of Fire
The point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
Epicenter
What causes a tsunami
An underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption
The ocean where most hurricanes occur
Atlantic Ocean
Que dura mas largo un tornado o un huracan?
Huracan dura mas tiempo- puede ser muchos dias. Un tornado es normalmente 10 minutos.
When there is too much water and the land cannot absorb it all. It could also be caused by an overflow of water from a river.
Flood
True or False: Most volcanoes are under the ocean
True!
The name of the scale that measures earthquakes
Richter Scale
Name 1 country hit by the 2004 tsunami
Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Somalia..etc
True or False? Hurricanes get stronger as they move inland.
False
How many minutes a tornado lasts
10 minutes
Como se dice "flood" en espanol?
Inundacion