PLANETS
THIS PLANET HAS A RING AROUND IT.
WHAT IS SATURN?
THIS PHENOMENON IS CAUSED BY ELECTRICAL CHARGES IN THE SKY.
WHAT IS LIGHTNING?
THIS WORD DEFINES THE STUDY OF WEATHER.
WHAT IS METEOROLOGY?
THIS IS AN EARTHQUAKE THAT HAPPENS UNDER THE SEA.
WHAT IS A TSUNAMI?
WE MEASURE THE SIZE OF HURRICANES BY CALLING THEM
WHAT ARE CATEGORIES?
THIS IS THE COLDEST PLANET.
WHAT IS URANUS?
IT IS A SEVERE SNOWSTORM WITH HIGH WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITY.
WHAT IS A BLIZZARD?
THIS WORD DEFINES THE STUDY OF VOLCANOES.
WHAT IS VOLCANOLOGY?
IT IS A MASS OF ICE OR SNOW THAT BREAKS AWAY AND SLIDES RAPIDLY DOWN AN MOUNTAINSIDE.
WHAT IS AN AVALANCHE?
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IS MEASURED BY USING
WHAT IS A BAROMETER?
THIS PLANET IS CLOSEST TO THE SUN.
WHAT IS MERCURY?
THIS IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST DANGEROUS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITION.
WHAT IS A HEAT WAVE?
A PERSON WHO STUDIES THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND PLANETS IS CALLED
WHAT IS AN ASTRONOMER?
THERE ARE TWO OTHER NAMES FOR HURRICANES THAT FORM IN THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC AND INDIAN OCEANS.
WHAT ARE CYCLONES AND TYPHOONS?
WE USE THIS TO MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SPECIFIC AREA.
WHAT IS A RAINGAGE?
THIS PLANET IS FURTHEST FROM THE SUN.
WHAT IS NEPTUNE?
THIS IS A SEVERE WEATHER CONDITION THAT APPEARS IN THE FORM OF A FUNNEL ORIGINATING FROM THE BASE OF A CUMULONIMBUS CLOUD.
WHAT IS A TORNADO?
THIS IS THE WORD WE USE TO REFER TO SOMETHING VISIBLE IN THE HEAVENS
WHAT IS CELESTIAL?
IT WAS THE MOST DEVASTATING HURRICANE IN THE USA WHICH FLOODED THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
WHAT WAS HURRICANE KATRINA?
HOW MANY JOULES OF ENERGY ARE IN AN AVERAGE BOLT OF LIGTNING?
WHAT IS ONE BILLION?
THIS PLANET LOST ITS STATUS AS A PLANET AND IS NOW CALLED A DWARF PLANET.
WHAT IS PLUTO?
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE IN FREEZING COLD TEMPERATURES AND CANNOT GET SHELTER YOU WILL SUFFER FROM A CONDITION CALLED
WHAT IS HYPOTHERMIA?
THIS IS THE WORD WE USE TO DEFINE THE STUDY OF EARTHQUAKES.
WHAT IS SEISMOLOGY?
IT IS THE NAME OF THE MAJOR FAULT THAT RUNS THROUGH THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE USA.
WHAT IS THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT?
THE MAGNITUDE OF AN EARTHQUAKE IS MEASURED BY....
A NUMBER ON THE RICHTER SCALE