Volcanoes
Hot liquid under the Earth's surface is known as what?
What is magma?
Tornadoes often occur in this narrow strip that runs through the middle of the United States.
What is Tornado Alley?
What is the "eye"?
What are humans?
What is a Tsunami?
What is a giant wave or series of waves?
Most earthquakes are triggered by the movement of what?
What is the movement of tectonic plates?
What is the classification of a volcano that has consistent activity?
What is active?
Where is the safest place to be during a tornado?
What is a basement (underground)?
The temperature of the ocean is important to determine where hurricanes form. What temperature of water would be needed?
What is warm?
What kind of wildfire burns fuel less than 6ft tall?
What is a brush fire?
80% of tsunamis happen in what area of the Pacific Ocean?
What is the ring of fire?
What are the large pieces of the earth's crust that are constantly moving?
What are tectonic plates?
What is the horseshoe shaped area of the Pacific Ocean where it holds 90% of all volcanoes on Earth called?
what is the ring of fire?
Tornadoes occur when a ____ front meets a warm front
What is cold?
How large, in miles, can a hurricane get up to?
What is "over 100"?
What 3 things does a fire need to survive?
What is heat, fuel and oxygen?
How fast can a Tsunami travel in the ocean?
What is as fast as a jetliner? Also accept 100's of mph.
What are the cracks in the tectonic plates called?
What are fault lines?
What was the name of a scientist who studies volcanoes?
What is a volcanologist?
Describe the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning.
What is a watch means it could happen and a warning means a tornado has been spotted?
Hurricanes are also known as what? (3 answers available. triple & double points if 2 or 3 answered correctly)
What is a cyclone / typhoon/ tropical storm?
What type of fuel does a forest fire burn?
What is greater than 6ft?
What are Earthquakes, Volcanic Eruptions and Meteors?
What is 1 million?
What volcano erupted in 1980 and destroyed everything within 8 miles in the state of Washington?
What is Mt. St. Helens?
What is the name of the scale that measures tornadoes and what are the levels of tornadoes called?
What is the Fujita Scale? F0-F5?
What is Galveston?
Name 1 way a wildfire can actually be good for the forest.
What is it allows nutrients back into the soil?
What is it allows certain plants to drop their seeds?
What should you do if there is Hurricane where you live?
What is move to high ground away from the ocean?
Are there Earthquakes on the moon?
What is no, there are moonquakes?