Natural Disasters Game

Earthquakes

100

What is an earthquake?

A sudden, violent shaking of the ground caused by movement of giant plates in the earth's crust. 

200

a wave caused by the earthquake off the coast of Chile.

What is a tsunami?

300

The machine that measures earthquakes.

What is a seismograph?

400

A person who studies earthquakes.

What is a seismologist?

500

The "scale" used to measure earthquakes.

What is a Richter Scale?

Random

100

Where are volcanoes located?

Ring of Fire

200

The number one cause of floods.

What is rain?

300

The number two cause of floods.

What is tsunami?

400

What rock is near volcanoes and the moon?

Basalt

500

This is when magma heats water underground and it is trapped.

What is a geyser?

Mystery Question

100

The most destructive natural disaster ever!

What is an asteriod/comet impact?

200

What causes an Tsunami?

An earthquake

300

Balls of ice falling from the sky.

What is hail?

400

No rain.

What is a drought?

500

Snow falling down the side of a mountain.

What is an avalanche?

Volcanoes

100

This volcano has gently sloping sides.

What is a shield volcano?

200

This type of volcano is a very steep cone shaped hill or mountain.

What is a cinder cone volcano?

300

This is molten rock above ground.

What is lava?

400

This is molten rock below ground?

What is magma

500

This is a volcano that is unlikely to erupt soon.

What is a dormant volcano?

Natural Disasters

100

Name 2 Natural Disasters

Earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, volcanoes, and tornadoes

200

What is a hazard?

Anything capable of causing harm to living things

300

What is the job of an engineer as it relates to natural disasters?

They solve problems with the help of math and science.

400

How do landslides happen?

Root wedging, ice wedging, thunderstorms

500

What is ice wedging?

When water falls into a crack and freezes because it to expand and crack.