Question 1

a violent disturbance in the atmosphere

Accepted Answer

storm

Question 2

(v.) to have a heavy, violent, swelling motion (like waves); (n.) a powerful forward rush

Accepted Answer

surge

Question 3

a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning

Accepted Answer

thunder

Question 4

winds that blow over short distances

Accepted Answer

local wind

Question 5

A gigantic explosion in which a massive star collapses and throws its outer layers into space

Accepted Answer

supernova

Question 6

An apparent shift in the position of an object when viewed from different locations

Accepted Answer

parallax

Question 7

band of color, broad range of related ideas or objects

Accepted Answer

spectrum

Question 8

Anything that has mass and takes up space

Accepted Answer

matter

Question 9

the deep depressions in the Earth's crust, and they comprise the deepest part of the ocean

Accepted Answer

ocean trench

Question 10

thin disk of small particles of ice and rock around a gas giant

Accepted Answer

planetary ring

Related quizzes