Ride the storm from hurricanes to pyroclastic flows with five angles on nature’s fury—how it forms, how we measure it, infamous events, and how to stay safe when it strikes. This is a Middle School Science review game in a Jeopardy-style format: a teacher puts the board on one screen, teams pick clues by point value, and the class answers out loud — no student devices or accounts needed. Categories: Storms & Cyclones, Quakes & Volcanoes, Measuring the Mayhem, Historic Catastrophes, Ready & Resilient.
- Middle School Science review
- Whole-class review on one shared screen
- Test or quiz prep
- Team-vs-team practice in class
A peek at what's on the board — 5 categories and one sample clue from each. Answers stay hidden until you open them, so the game still works.
The calm, clear center of a hurricane is this.
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the eye
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The point on Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s focus.
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epicenter
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Hurricanes are ranked Category 1 to 5 on this wind-based scale.
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Saffir–Simpson scale
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This Cascade Range peak’s 1980 eruption blasted a lateral crater.
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Mount St. Helens
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Recommended action in a quake: drop, take cover, and do this.
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hold on
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Board content
Storms & Cyclones
- $100 — The calm, clear center of a hurricane is this.
- the eye
- $200 — In the western Pacific, a hurricane by another name becomes this.
- typhoon
- $300 — A violently rotating column of air from a thunderstorm that reaches the ground.
- tornado
- $400 — The coastal inundation driven by a tropical cyclone’s winds.
- storm surge
- $500 — This cold-season Atlantic coastal storm pelts New England with wind and snow.
- nor'easter
Quakes & Volcanoes
- $100 — The point on Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s focus.
- epicenter
- $200 — California’s famed transform boundary fault running hundreds of miles.
- San Andreas Fault
- $300 — Underground molten rock, before it erupts at the surface.
- magma
- $400 — A long-period sea wave often triggered by an undersea quake.
- tsunami
- $500 — A searing avalanche of gas and ash racing down a volcano’s flank.
- pyroclastic flow
Measuring the Mayhem
- $100 — Hurricanes are ranked Category 1 to 5 on this wind-based scale.
- Saffir–Simpson scale
- $200 — Tornado damage is rated EF0 to EF5 on this scale.
- Enhanced Fujita scale
- $300 — Modern quake magnitudes use this scale rather than Richter.
- moment magnitude
- $400 — Volcanoes’ explosiveness is compared on this logarithmic index.
- Volcanic Explosivity Index
- $500 — Shaking intensity felt at a location is scored on this Roman-numeral scale.
- Modified Mercalli scale
Historic Catastrophes
- $100 — This Cascade Range peak’s 1980 eruption blasted a lateral crater.
- Mount St. Helens
- $200 — A massive undersea quake on Dec. 26, 2004 unleashed this deadly wave across the Indian Ocean.
- Indian Ocean tsunami
- $300 — The 2011 quake and tsunami that struck Japan’s Tōhoku region is commonly named this.
- Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
- $400 — Fires raged after this 1906 disaster that devastated a Bay Area city.
- San Francisco earthquake
- $500 — In 79 CE, this volcano buried Pompeii under ash and pumice.
- Mount Vesuvius
Ready & Resilient
- $100 — Recommended action in a quake: drop, take cover, and do this.
- hold on
- $200 — A portable emergency kit kept for evacuations is called this.
- go bag
- $300 — Flood-safety slogan urging drivers to avoid water-covered roads.
- Turn Around, Don't Drown
- $400 — The safest spot during a tornado is this kind of room on the lowest level.
- interior room
- $500 — Clearing brush to create a buffer around homes in wildfire country creates this.
- defensible space
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