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Tornadoes
Hurricanes
Winter Storms
Earthquakes
Wildfires
100
Rotating, funnel-shaped clouds from powerful thunderstorms
What is a tornado?
100
Massive severe storms occurring in the tropics
What is hurricane?
100
May include snow, ice storms, sleet, freezing rain, and extremely cold temperatures
What is winter storms?
100
Shaking caused by movements of plates in the earth’s crust
What is earthquakes?
100
Occur in forests, grasslands, and wooded areas
What is wildfires?
200
Tornado winds can reach speeds of how many MPHs.
What is 300 MPH?
200
Clouds & winds spin around the _________.
What is eye of the storm?
200
Where most deaths occur.
What is automobiles?
200
This is the borders between two plates
What is faults?
200
The most common causes are __________.
What is lightning and human accidents?
300
Most happen in this country
What is the United States of America?
300
Hurricanes produce what type of weather.
What is heavy rains, high winds, large waves, and spin-off tornadoes?
300
Storms may cause widespread __________.
What is power outages?
300
This is where most earthquakes happen.
What is Ring of Fire?
300
This many wildfires burn each year.
What is more than 4 million?
400
Tornadoes happen in how many states.
What is all 50 states?
400
Hurricanes can span how many miles across.
What is up to 600 miles across?
400
This is good to have incase power goes out.
What is generator?
400
On average this many earthquakes happen each year.
What is more than a million?
400
Wildfires happen where ________.
What is anywhere, but are common in the forested areas of the United States and Canada?
500
This is needed in order to survive a tornado.
What is food, water, and shelter?
500
Hurricanes gather ________ through contact with warm ocean waters.
What is heat and energy?
500
Winter storms derive their energy from ____________.
What is the clash of two air masses of different temperatures and moisture levels?
500
The instrument used for recording the intensity and duration of an earthquake.
What is seismograph?
500
These winds are hot, dry winds that aggravate the fire danger in forests and bush lands.
What is Santa Ana Winds?