32309 Easy Trivia Questions
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The deadliest tornado on record struck which country on April 26, 1989?
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Bangladesh
What visible funnel forms when water vapor condenses in a tornado's low-pressure core?
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Condensation funnel
What colloquial nickname is commonly used for a tornado?
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Twister
What term means the process by which a tornado forms?
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Tornadogenesis
On what date did the 2013 El Reno tornado occur?
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May 31, 2013
What term describes a thin, sinuous tornado often seen as it weakens?
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rope tornado
What term describes a tornado that is wider than it is tall?
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wedge tornado
What U.S. agency maintains the Storm Prediction Center?
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National Weather Service
What weather agency issues tornado warnings for the United States?
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National Weather Service
Which U.S. scale rates tornadoes by estimated wind speeds and damage from EF0 to EF5?
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Enhanced Fujita scale
In which country did the 1989 Daulatpur-Saturia tornado occur?
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Bangladesh
Most tornadoes form from what thunderstorm cloud genus?
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Cumulonimbus
Who created the Fujita scale for rating tornado damage?
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Ted Fujita
Which river is the main outlet of Lake Ontario?
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Saint Lawrence River
Which freshwater lake in Israel is also called Lake Kinneret?
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Sea of Galilee
Which Great Lake is the shallowest by average depth?
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Lake Erie
Which sea is often described as the world's largest lake?
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Caspian Sea
Which lake between Switzerland and France is also called Lac Leman?
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Lake Geneva
Which major river is the city of Varanasi located on?
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Ganges
Which Great Lake forms Chicago's shoreline?
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Lake Michigan
Which single named freshwater lake is the world's largest by surface area?
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Lake Superior
The Athabasca Glacier is one of six main 'toes' of which Canadian icefield?
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Columbia Icefield
What Icelandic term means a glacial outburst flood?
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Jökulhlaup
What is Iceland's largest and most voluminous ice cap?
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Vatnajökull
What fine silt from glacier grinding is also called glacial flour?
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Rock flour
What term describes a glacially deposited rock unlike the local bedrock?
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Glacial erratic
Which continent's mainland has no glaciers?
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Australia
Glaciers form where snow accumulation exceeds what process?
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Ablation
What science studies glaciers and ice-related natural phenomena?
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Glaciology
Which glacier's terminus, Gomukh, is the source of the Bhagirathi River?
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Gangotri Glacier
Which glacier lies between Mount Everest and the Lhotse-Nuptse ridge?
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Khumbu Glacier