Tornadoes
This is another name for Kentucky's second most common natural disaster.
What is a twister, cyclone or funnel?
This is what meteorologists name hurricanes after.
What are people's names?
Earthquakes occur here most often.
What is along the Ring of Fire?
A series of waves due to ____________ ___________ or a landslide is the most common cause of a tsunami.
What are underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions?
This is one way that a flood is likely to occur during winter.
What is when snow or ice melts?
This is where the most powerful tornadoes occur.
What is the United States' Tornado Alley?
Winds must be blowing this fast to be considered hurricanes.
What is 74 mph?
This is the part of the United States where most earthquakes occur.
What is in California (along San Andreas Fault)?
Many people say that a tsunami is best described as a _____ ______.
What is wave train?
This is the kind of flooding that happens quickly without warning.
What is flash flooding?
This is what meteorologists announce when conditions are favorable for a tornado to occur.
What is a tornado watch?
This is what a hurricane starts out as when it first forms over the ocean.
What is a tropical depression?
Two _______ collide together, creating an earthquake.
What are tectonic plates?
Tsunamis can occur and go unnoticed when this is true about the ocean.
What is when the water is too deep?
This is the continent that was most recently devastated by floodwaters greater than they have seen in nearly 100 years.
What is Australia?
This is the only place in the world where a tornado has not happened.
What is Antarctica?
This part of a hurricane reaches up to twenty miles wide.
What is the eye of the hurricane?
This is the scale used to determine the strength of an earthquake.
What is the Richter Scale?
What is 100 feet high?
This is the name of the river that borders Kentucky on the north and that is a major source of flooding for our state.
What is the Ohio River?
This is the indication that a funnel cloud has changed over into a tornado.
What is when the cloud touches the ground?
This is the name of the ocean that all hurricanes gather moisture from.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
This fault is the closest to us in Kentucky, with parts lying in the western-most edge of our state.
What is the New Madrid Fault?
This is the name of the ocean where the deadliest tsunami struck in the early 2000s.
What is the Indian Ocean?
This is the city in Jefferson County that experienced flood devastation in the early 1930s and is home to the Slugger Museum.
What is Louisville?