98686 Intermediate Trivia Questions
98686 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which fault zone was responsible for the 2010 Haiti earthquake?
Answer
Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault
What is the name of the reef system that stretches from the Yucatan Peninsula to Honduras?
Answer
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef
What protected marine area in the Florida Keys includes the only living coral barrier reef in the continental US?
Answer
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
What is the name of the starfish that preys on corals and can cause large-scale reef damage?
Answer
Crown-of-thorns starfish
What is the typical growth rate of branching corals like Acropora in optimal conditions?
Answer
10 cm per year
What is the name of the coral disease characterized by a white band of dead tissue?
Answer
White band disease
What is the name of the coral reef located off the coast of Belize that is a UNESCO site?
Answer
Belize Barrier Reef
What is the name of the deep-sea coral species that forms reefs in cold, dark waters?
Answer
Lophelia pertusa
What is the name of the region with the highest coral reef biodiversity?
Answer
Coral Triangle
What is the largest raised coral atoll in the world?
Answer
Aldabra
What is the phenomenon where increasing CO2 makes oceans more acidic, harming corals?
Answer
Ocean acidification
What is the name for a thunderstorm with a deep, rotating updraft?
Answer
supercell
What is the name for a snowstorm that produces lightning and thunder?
Answer
thundersnow
What is the name for a line of thunderstorms that forms along a cold front?
Answer
Squall line
What is the name for a lightning strike that occurs between a cloud and the ground?
Answer
Cloud-to-ground lightning
What is the term for a cloud that forms like a smooth lens, often over mountains?
Answer
Lenticular cloud
What weather phenomenon occurs when cold air passes over a warm lake, producing heavy snow?
Answer
Lake-effect snow
What scale measures tornado damage intensity?
Answer
Enhanced Fujita scale
What effect causes winds to curve due to Earth's rotation?
Answer
Coriolis effect
What daytime wind blows from the sea to the land?
Answer
sea breeze
What type of lightning occurs entirely inside a thundercloud?
Answer
intracloud lightning
What rotating cloud formation often precedes a tornado?
Answer
wall cloud
What is the Köppen climate of Cairo, Egypt?
Answer
BWh
What is the Köppen climate of Tokyo, Japan?
Answer
Cfa
What is the Köppen climate of Paris, France?
Answer
Cfb