What is the name of the fungus that forms a symbiotic relationship with plant roots?
Answer
Mycorrhizal fungus
98686 Intermediate Trivia Questions
98686 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What is the ideal soil pH range for most garden vegetables?
Answer
6.0 to 7.0
What is the scientific name for the common dandelion?
Answer
Taraxacum officinale
What is the practice of planting different crops together for pest control called?
Answer
Companion planting
What is the scientific name for the tomato?
Answer
Solanum lycopersicum
What gardening technique reduces water usage in arid climates?
Answer
Xeriscaping
Which plant produces the world's largest single flower?
Answer
Rafflesia arnoldii
What is the largest tornado outbreak known in history (by number of tornadoes)?
Answer
2011 Super Outbreak
Which U.S. city was devastated by an EF5 tornado on May 22, 2011?
Answer
Joplin, Missouri
What warning product indicates that a tornado has been spotted or indicated on radar?
Answer
tornado warning
What tornado is the costliest in U.S. history (adjusted for inflation)?
Answer
Joplin tornado (2011)
What tornado holds the record for the widest damage path?
Answer
2013 El Reno tornado
What was the deadliest single tornado in U.S. history?
Answer
Tri-State Tornado
What is the name of the subduction zone off the coast of Tohoku, Japan?
Answer
Japan Trench
What is the name of the 2008 earthquake in China that killed nearly 70,000 people?
Answer
2008 Sichuan earthquake
What scale replaced the Richter scale for measuring large earthquakes?
Answer
Moment magnitude scale
Which fault caused the 1995 Kobe earthquake?
Answer
Nojima Fault
Which fault primarily caused the 1906 San Francisco earthquake?
Answer
San Andreas Fault
Which subduction zone is capable of producing a magnitude 9 earthquake in the Pacific Northwest?
Answer
Cascadia subduction zone
Which fault system ruptured during the February 2023 Turkey earthquakes?
Answer
East Anatolian Fault
What is the name of the seismic zone that caused the 1811-1812 earthquakes in the central U.S.?
Answer
New Madrid Seismic Zone
What is the name of the fault that caused the 1994 Northridge earthquake?
Answer
Northridge blind thrust fault
Who developed the Richter scale?
Answer
Charles F. Richter
Which nuclear power plant suffered a meltdown after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami?
Answer
Fukushima Daiichi
Which New Zealand city was devastated by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in 2011?
Answer
Christchurch
What modern scale is now standard for measuring earthquake magnitude?
Answer
Moment magnitude scale
What is the name of the largest earthquake in the United States?
Answer
1964 Alaska earthquake
Which seismic wave is responsible for the rolling motion felt during an earthquake?
Answer
Rayleigh wave