Natural phenomena bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Flash made when charges in a cloud meet.

   Item

   Lightning

2. Clue

   Scientist who linked lightning to a spark in 1752.

   Item

   Franklin

3. Clue

   Name for the charge produced by rubbing.

   Item

   Static

4. Clue

   Passing charge from an object to the ground.

   Item

   Earthing

5. Clue

   Device that tests whether a body is charged.

   Item

   Electroscope

6. Clue

   Metal rod that guards a building from a strike.

   Item

   Conductor

7. Clue

   Uppermost layer of the earth where tremors begin.

   Item

   Crust

8. Clue

   Weak zone along the boundary of two plates.

   Item

   Fault zone

9. Clue

   Instrument that records the waves of a tremor.

   Item

   Seismograph

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation