Why do stars seem to twinkle? Your Starlight is light from dying stars that give off interrupted light.
Correct Shifting currents of air low in the atmosphere bend starlight, causing it to miss our eyes in fractions of moments.
How fast do raindrops fall in still air?
Correct: 7-18 miles per hour
The people of the West Indies were the first people to name hurricanes. How did they first come up with the storm names?
Correct: Storms were named after the saint on whose day the storm made landfall.
Where is the safest place to be during a tornado?
Correct: in a ditch
According to the Fujita Tornado Intensity Scale, a category F5 tornado, the most dangerous, has what range of wind speeds?
Your 40–72 miles per hour
Correct 261–318 miles per hour
Which U. S. city has the highest average number of sunny days per year?
Your Las Vegas, Nevada
Correct Yuma, Arizona
The annual cost of snow removal for streets and highways in the U. S. is estimated to be about how much?
Your $20 billion
Correct $2 billion
Between 1950 and 1999, the highest average number of deaths caused by tornadoes in the United States occured in which month?
Correct: May
The greatest snowfall on a single day in recorded history occurred in Silver Lake, Colorado, in April, 1921. Approximately how many inches fell?
Your 100
Correct 75
In 1971, Hurricane Ginger, the longest-lasting Atlantic Ocean hurricane on record, lasted for how many days?
Your 44
Correct 27