Weather & Nature Trivia for Kids: Storms & Natural Wonders | Family Trivia Game

Backseat Trivia Rumble: Weather Wonders
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[00:00:00] All right, and welcome back to Backseat Trivia Rumble. I hope the snacks are open and the volume is up because we've got a heavyweight battle today. In the backseat, the rainmakers and lightning spotters. In the front seat, the umbrella carriers and windshield wiper bosses. Three rounds, 30 questions.

Drivers, eyes on the road. Kids, eyes on the prize. Before we get the engine started on round one, we have a super special VIP shout-out today. A huge happy 15th birthday to Thane in Boise, Idaho. We hope you have the most spectacular birthday ever. Now that we've celebrated our VIP, let's get down to business.

Let's get ready to rumble with the first kids round. Question one: [00:01:00] What falls from clouds when water droplets get too heavy? And the answer is rain. Question two: What beautiful arc of colors appears in the sky when sunlight hits raindrops? And the answer is a rainbow. Question three: What are the white fluffy shapes floating in the sky made of tiny water drops?

And the answer is clouds. Hey, quick. Why did the cloud stay inside? It was feeling under the weather. Question four: What spinning funnel-shaped cloud touches the ground and causes high winds? And the answer is a tornado. Question five, what giant spinning storm forms over warm ocean water and brings huge waves?[00:02:00] 

And the answer is a hurricane. Question six, what bright flash of electricity happens in the sky during a rainstorm?

And the answer is lightning. Question seven. What loud booming sound follows a flash of lightning?

And the answer is thunder. Question eight. What frozen rain falls as soft white flakes in the wintertime?

And the answer is snow. Question nine, what instrument measures how hot or cold the air outside is?

And the answer is a thermometer. Question 10. What season features the hottest weather of the year and the longest days? [00:03:00] And the answer is summer All right, parents, are you ready for round two? Today, we're checking if you can forecast these answers as well as you can manage the household thermostat. Kids, let's sit back and watch those parents do their work.

Question one: What scale is used by meteorologists to measure a tornado's intensity and wind speed? And the answer is the Fujita scale. Question two: What type of electrical charge buildup inside a cloud causes lightning to strike? And the answer is static electricity. Question three: What term refers to the calm, clear, low-pressure area at the center of a hurricane?

And the answer is the eye. Question [00:04:00] four, meaning the little boy in Spanish, what periodic climate event causes unusual Pacific Ocean warming? And the answer is El Niño. Question five. What devastating category five hurricane flooded New Orleans in August of 2005?

And the answer is Hurricane Katrina. Question six, what famous 1996 disaster movie starred Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton chasing severe tornadoes? And the answer is twister. Question seven, what instrument do meteorologists use to measure atmospheric air pressure? And the answer is a barometer. Question eight.

What severe winter storm features sustained winds over thirty-five miles per [00:05:00] hour and blinding snow? And the answer is a blizzard. Question nine, what scale measures and categorizes hurricanes from category one to category five?

And the answer is the Saffir-Simpson scale. Question ten. What fast-moving river of high wind in the atmosphere drives major weather storms across the globe?

And the answer is the jet stream We've got two rounds in the books, and it's on to the rumble round. This round is all about the most amazing natural wonders on Earth. First to shout out the answer is the winner. Question one: What massive canyon in Arizona was carved out over millions of years by the Colorado River?

And [00:06:00] the answer is the Grand Canyon. Question two: What is the tallest mountain in the world located in the Himalayas? And the answer is Mount Everest. Question three. What famous waterfall borders both New York in the United States and Ontario in Canada?

And the answer is Niagara Falls. Question four, what giant opening in the Earth's crust can erupt with molten lava, gases, and ash? And the answer is a volcano. Hey, quick, what did the volcano say to his wife? I lava you so much. Question five: What famous geothermal geyser in Yellowstone National Park erupts on a highly predictable schedule?

And the answer is [00:07:00] Old Faithful. Question six, what do we call a giant slow-moving river of solid ice that carves out valleys over thousands of years? And the answer is a glacier. Question seven. What spectacular glowing light display appears in the night sky near the North Pole?

And the answer is the Northern Lights. Question eight, what is the largest hot desert in the world covering most of North Africa?

And the answer is the Sahara Desert. Question nine, what massive dense tropical rainforest in South America produces a huge amount of the Earth's oxygen? And the answer is the Amazon Rainforest. And the final [00:08:00] question: What giant steep-sided hole in the ground is formed when water dissolves underground limestone, causing the surface to collapse?

And the answer is a sinkhole