Natural Hazards Mastery Quiz

🌍📏 Ready to shake things up? Guess the scale that measures how the Earth dances during an earthquake! 🕺💃

• Beaufort Scale

• Richter Scale

• Fujita Scale

• Saffir-Simpson Scale

🌪️ Tornado Alert! 🌪️ Which magical weather condition is most likely to summon a tornado?

• High pressure system

• Low pressure system

• Stable air conditions

• Dry air masses

🌋 When a volcano decides to throw a fiery party, what do we call the molten rock that dances on the Earth's surface?

• Magma

• Lava

• Tephra

• Pyroclastic flow

🌀 Guess what fuels the mighty hurricanes? 🌀

• Cold ocean waters

• High atmospheric pressure

• Warm ocean waters

• Low humidity

🌊 Flood Alert! Which of these is NOT usually a culprit behind those pesky floods?

• Rapid snowmelt

• Long periods of drought

• Heavy rainfall

• Dam failure

🌍✨ Imagine you're an explorer! What is the name of the magical point on the Earth's surface that's directly above where an earthquake's adventure begins? 🌟👣

• Hypocenter

• Epicenter

• Mantle

• Core

Hold onto your hats! Can you guess which scale whirls into action to classify the swirling intensity of tornadoes?

• Richter Scale

• Fujita Scale

• Beaufort Scale

• Saffir-Simpson Scale

Ready to take off on a knowledge adventure? What volcanic material is notorious for causing a bit of turbulence, not for your flight, but for aviation in general?

• Lava

• Magma

• Tephra

• Pyroclastic flow

Ready to dive into the stormy world of meteorology? Let's see if you can navigate through this: Hurricanes are classified into how many categories on the Saffir-Simpson scale?

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 10

🌊 Imagine you're an explorer! What do we call the adventurous land that gets a visit from the floodwaters during their peak travel season?

• Watershed

• Water table

• Floodplain

• Aquifer