Which of the following islands was completely destroyed during an 1893 hurricane?
Sumatra, Indonesia Hog Island, New York Rotuma, Polynesia Bimini, Bahamas
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On average, what are your chances of being struck by lightning in a given year?
1 in 7,000,000 1 in 700,000 1 in 70,000 1 in 7,000
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The largest hailstone measured wider than a________
golf ball tennis ball softball bowling ball
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Which natural disaster can produce the fastest winds on Earth?
Tornado, Hurricane, Cyclone, Tsunami
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Which natural disaster cannot be caused by shifts in tectonic plates?
Avalanche Earthquake Volcanic eruption Hurricane
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You can tell the temperature by counting a cricket’s chirps!
It's surprisingly simple: To convert cricket chirps to degrees Fahrenheit: Just count the number of chirps in 14 seconds, then add 40 to get the temperature.
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What colour is lava at its hottest?
yellow red magenta orange
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July 10th 1913 was the hottest day ever on Earth, with temperatures reaching 56.7 °C. Whereabouts was this?
1Cambridge, UK 2The Sahara Desert 3Death Valley, California 4The Gobi Desert
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Discarding tornadoes, the fastest winds ever recorded were on Barrow Island, Australia, in 1996. The wind was as fast as what?
1 As fast as a Formula 1 racing car 2 As fast as a helicopter 3As fast as a jet plane 4As fast as a rocket
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You’ve heard the saying, raining cats and dogs, but it does occasionally rain animals. Which of these has never been reported as falling from the sky?
1Mice 2Jellyfish 3Spiders 4Frogs
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In July 2001 the rainfall in Kerala, India, was blue!
Actually, blood red! Red coloured rain occurred in many places of Kerala in India during July to September 2001 due to the mixing of huge quantity of microscopi
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Cats have been known to sense when a tornado is approaching.
Not only cats but also dogs.They can also sense the atmosphere's heat, compression, and temperature change - all of which tell a dog that there is something bad
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How often does lightning occur worldwide?
50 to 100 times per second 25 to 50 times per second 500 to 1,000 times per day 250 to 500 times per hour
