Weather Hazards And Climate (Fact Attack)

Question 1

How high does warm air rise at the equator?

Answer 1

15km

Question 2

How many years does the eccentricity cycle take?

Answer 2

100,000

Question 3

Between what dates did the medival warm period occur?

Answer 3

950-1100

Question 4

The highest point in the Maldives is how many metres above sea level?

Answer 4

2.4

Question 5

The international airports in the Maldives are built within how many metres from the coastline?

Answer 5

50

Question 6

Glaciers and ice sheets accounted for how much of the planets total land area in 2016?

Answer 6

10%

Question 7

Ocean temperatures necessary for tropical cyclones to form?

Answer 7

27 degrees

Question 8

Between what latitudes are cyclones found?

Answer 8

5 and 30 degrees

Question 9

On what date did hurricane sandy officially registered as a hurricane?

Answer 9

24th of October 2012

Question 10

When did hurricane sandy make and fall in the USA?

Answer 10

29th of October 2012

Question 11

How fast were the winds when hurricane sandy made landfall?

Answer 11

129 km/h

Question 12

How many people died in hurricane sandy?

Answer 12

150

Question 13

How much economic damage was caused in hurricane sandy?

Answer 13

$65 billion

Question 14

What was the name of one of the coastal nature reserves that were damaged by the storm surge?

Answer 14

Prime hook national wildfire refuge

Question 15

On what did typhoon haiyan form?

Answer 15

2nd of November 2013

Question 16

On what date typhoon haiyan make landfall in the Philippines?

Answer 16

7th November 2013

Question 17

Wind reached gusts as high as what?

Answer 17

306 km/h

Question 18

How many died in typhoon haiyan?

Answer 18

6000

Question 19

How many people in typhoon haiyan were displaced?

Answer 19

600,000

Question 20

How much economic damage was caused?

Answer 20

$2 billion

Question 21

What is an arid environment?

Answer 21

Less than 250mm of water precipitation per year

Question 22

Between what years did california experience drought?

Answer 22

2012 - 2014

Question 23

How much did drought cost california in 2015?

Answer 23

$2.7 billion

Question 24

In response to the drought how much did the state law insist be cut from water use?

Answer 24

25%

Question 25

How many acres were taken out of crop production in california due to drought?

Answer 25

542,000

Question 26

When was the worst drought in 30 years for Ethiopia?

Answer 26

1980s - 2015

Question 27

What percentage of the population I Ethiopia relied on agriculture for their income?

Answer 27

85%

Question 28

On average how much land is lost every year due to forest fires in Ethiopia?

Answer 28

200,000 ha

Question 29

How much aid was given to Ethiopia by the USA in 2015?

Answer 29

$128.4 million