1. Question: What is the term for a sudden and violent shaking of the ground?
Answer: Earthquake
2. Question: What is the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?
Answer: Richter scale
3. Question: What is a tsunami?
Answer: A series of large ocean waves caused by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions
4. Question: What is the term for a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall?
Answer: Drought
5. Question: What is a tornado?
Answer: A rapidly rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground
6. Question: What is the term for a large-scale storm system with strong winds and heavy rain, typically occurring in tropical regions?
Answer: Hurricane
7. Question: What is a volcanic eruption?
Answer: The release of magma, ash, and gases from a volcano
8. Question: What is the term for a mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside?
Answer: Avalanche
9. Question: What is the term for a sudden and intense flood, usually caused by heavy rain?
Answer: Flash flood
10. Question: What is the term for the area of the Earth’s surface directly above the point where an earthquake originates?
Answer: Epicenter
11. Question: What is the term for the underground point where an earthquake starts?
Answer: Focus
12. Question: What is a landslide?
Answer: The sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff
13. Question: What is the term for a severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility?
Answer: Blizzard
14. Question: What is the term for a rapidly moving, turbulent flow of debris, water, and mud down a slope?
Answer: Mudflow
15. Question: What is the term for a sudden burst of flame, especially one caused by an explosion?
Answer: Firestorm
16. Question: What is the term for an extended period of excessive heat, often with high humidity?
Answer: Heatwave
17. Question: What is the term for the collapse of land into a hollow or cavity below?
Answer: Sinkhole
18. Question: What is the term for a natural disaster involving the displacement of large amounts of water onto normally dry land?
Answer: Flood
19. Question: What is the term for a large sea wave caused by the displacement of water due to an underwater earthquake, volcanic eruption, or landslide?
Answer: Tsunami
20. Question: What scale is used to measure the intensity of hurricanes?
Answer: Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale