Volcano
What is it called when lava shoots out of a volcano?
a. Expulsion
b. Explosion
c. Eradication
d. Eruption
d. Eruption
What don't hurricanes cause?
a. heavy rain
b. strong winds
c. heavy waves
d. blizzards
d. blizzards
Which is not a characteristic of a blizzard?
a. hail
b. high winds
c. blowing snow
d. very cold temperatures
a. hail
What is it called when the plates in the earth move, putting force on themselves and each other, which causes the crust to break. When the break occurs, the stress is released as energy which moves through the Earth in the form of energy waves, which we feel?
a. A tsunami
b. a volcano
c. a hurricane
d. an earthquake
d. an earthquake
Which is not a possible cause of tsunami?
a. underwater earthquake
b. underwater volcanic eruption
c. underwater hurricane
d. meteor impact with the ocean
c. underwater hurricane
What is lava made out of?
a. Conglomerate
b. Molten rock
c. Limestone
d. Sediment
b. Molten rock
What direction does a hurricane spin in the Northern Hemisphere?
a. clockwise
b. counterclockwise
b. counterclockwise (they spin clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere)
What is it called when visibility is severely reduced to the point where it's difficult or impossible to see due to blowing snow?
a. a blindout
b. a white-dark
c. a whiteout
d. white midnight
c. whiteout
How many earthquakes occur each year?
a. 100,000-200,000
b. 400,000-600,000
c. 1,000,000-2,000,000
d. more than 3,000,000
d. more than 3,000,000
What was the deadliest tsunami ever recorded?
a. The 1782 South China Sea tsunami
b. The 1868 northern Chile tsunami
c. The 1883 South Java Sea tsunami
d. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
d. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
What is the danger area around a volcano?
a. 20 kilometer radius
b. 100 kilometer radius
c. 5 kilometer radius
d. 10 kilometer radius
a. 20 kilometer radius
How many categories of hurricanes are there in the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale?
a. 2
b. 5
c. 7
d. 10
b. 5
What U.S. city averages 94 inches (239 cm) of snow a year?
a. Salt Lake City, Utah
b. Boston, Massachusetts
c. Cleveland, Ohio
d. Rochester, New York
d. Rochester, New York
Salt Lake City gets 356 inches (904 cm)
The Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Where is it located?
a. around the edges of the Indian Ocean
b. around the edges of the Pacific Ocean
c. a circular area south of the Sahara Desert
d. a loop going from Central Asia to Japan
b. around the edges of the Pacific Ocean
Witnesses have said that an approaching tsunami sounds like what?
a. Firecrackers exploding
b. A locomotive
c. Ice Cracking
d. Nothing. There is silence
b. A locomotive
What is the percentage of the earth that has volcanic origin?
a. 20 percent of the Earth's surface
b. 40 percent of the Earth's surface
c. 60 percent of the Earth's surface
d. 80 percent of the Earth's surface
d. 80 percent of the Earth's surface
Where did the deadliest hurricane in U.S. history occur?
a. Miami, Florida
b. New Orleans, Louisiana
c. Savannah, Georgia
d. Galveston, Texas
d. Galveston, Texas.
The Great Galveston Hurricane of September 8, 1900 decimated the city on the Gulf Coast of Texas, killing at least 8,000 people, with some estimates as high as 12,000 people.
What are the storms called that stall over the Atlantic coast and last anywhere from 12 to 24 hours with snow amounts measured in feet rather than inches?
a. Atlantic Antics
b. Nor'easters
c. Wintercaines
d. Snowpocalypsoes
b. Nor'easters
Where was the largest earthquake ever recorded?
a. China
b. Chile
c. Italy
d. Japan
b. Chile. The largest earthquake recorded to date occurred in Chile on May 22, 1960, with a magnitude of 9.5.
How fast can tsunamis travel in the open ocean?
a) 50-60 km/h
b) 100-120 km/h
c) 200-250 km/h
d) 800-1300 km/h
d) Tsunamis can travel at incredible speeds, reaching up to 800-1300 km/h.
Which U.S. state has no active volcanoes?
a. Hawaii d. Oregon
b. Alaska e. Nevada
c. California f. Washington
e. Nevada
What classifies a hurricane as a category 5 hurricane?
a. Winds greater than 100 miles per hour (161 km/h)
b. Winds greater than 155 miles per hour (249 km/h)
c. Barometric pressure exceeding 500 millibars
d. Barometric pressure exceeding 800 millibars
b. Winds greater than 155 miles per hour (249 km/h)
What should you do if you are caught in a blizzard and you want to hydrate by eating the snow?
a. melt the snow first
b. make a firmly packed snowball
c. purify the snow
d. make marble-sized snow chunks
a. melt the snow first
What is the most earthquake prone U.S. state?
a. Alaska
b. California
c. Washington
d. Wyoming
a. Alaska
What does the word "tsunami" mean in Japanese?
a.Tidal wave
b. Harbour wave
c. Killer wave
d. Century wave
b. Harbour wave