Earth-Space Science Week 5

What is the name of the scale used to describe hurricanes?

• Seismograph

• Richter Scare

• Windspeed

An ________________________ is the moving of the Earth's crust out from an epicenter like ripples.

• hurricane

• earthquake

• tsunami

The number of feet the ocean rises above normal high tide during a hurricane is called __________________________________.

• storm surge

• windspeed

• tsunami

A ___________________________ is a giant, spinning ocean-born storm.

• tsunami

• hurricane

• earthquake

A scale from 1-10, used for measuring the strength of an earthquake is called a _______________________________.

• seismograph

• Richter scale

A device that measires the degrees of movement in the Earth.

• Richter Scale

• seismograph

The Saffir-Simpson scale includes storm surge, damage and _______________________________.

• windspeed

• storm surge

A giant wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption is called a __________________________.

• hurricane

• tornado

• tsunami

A funnel-shaped storm, with winds up to 300 mph is called a _______________________.

• hurricane

• tornado

• tsunami