Disasters
Q: What part of a tropical storm is calm with clear skies?
A: What is the eye?
Q: What is El Niño?
A: What is a climate pattern where the surface waters of the Pacific Ocean become warmer than usual?
Q: What is the main difference between a flood and a drought?
A: What is a flood is excess water, and a drought is a lack of water.
Q: What kind of habitat do dolphins prefer?
A: What are shallow coastal waters and open seas?
Q: True or False: Tropical storms get stronger as they move over colder waters.
A: What is False? (They weaken over colder waters.)
Q: What does La Niña involve?
A: What is a climate pattern where the surface waters of the Pacific Ocean become cooler than usual?
Q: What natural event often causes a tsunami?
A: What is an undersea earthquake?
Q: What is the main reason dolphins are often called "marine mammals"?
A: Because they breathe air and nurse their babies with milk.
Q: What is a transform boundary?
A: What is a boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally?
Q: How does La Niña typically impact weather in Australia?
A: What is it causes droughts and dry conditions?
Q: What is the point inside the Earth where an earthquake begins called?
A: What is the focus or hypocenter?
Q: In which part of a dolphin’s body are their echolocation sounds produced?
A: What is their nasal cavity or melon?
Q: What landforms are typically created at convergent plate boundaries?
A: What are mountain ranges?
Q: What are the typical effects of El Niño on drought and flood patterns in South Asia?
A: What are increased rainfall and flooding in some parts and droughts in others?
Q: Which type of plate boundary is most associated with earthquakes?
A: What are transform and convergent boundaries?
Q: Why are some species of dolphins endangered?
A: What are reasons like pollution, accidental catch in fishing nets, habitat loss, and hunting?
Q: How does the Coriolis effect influence the rotation of tropical storms in the Northern Hemisphere?
A: What is it causes the winds to rotate counter-clockwise?
Q: How do El Niño and La Niña episodes influence global weather patterns, and what are some potential economic impacts?
A: What are they associated with increased droughts, floods, hurricanes, and crop failures worldwide, which can lead to economic loss and human suffering?
Q: Describe the process of subduction and where it commonly occurs.
A: What is it when one oceanic plate sinks beneath another at convergent boundaries, often forming deep ocean trenches?
Q: Besides echolocation, what other ways do dolphins communicate and show social behavior?
A: What are body movements, leaps, tail slaps, and whistles?