Processed/Natural Hazards
What is a naturally occurring event that may have negative effects on people or the environment?
Natural Hazard
A _________ is a push or a pull.
Force
Wolves live in groups called what?
Packs
The current condition of the atmosphere in a place?
Weather
A characteristic or property of something, such as height, weight, or color.
trait
Disasters that are caused by some sort of weather event.
Natural Disasters
When an object starts to move from standstill it is doing what?
Speeding up
Bees perform the ______________ dance to inform other hive members where flowers can be found.
Waggle
The record of temperature, wind, and precipitation for an area over many, many years.
Climate
The first stage of an insect is known as the what?
egg
This happens when large amounts of water move into an area where it cannot drain well?
Flooding
Another force that acts on one force, slowing it down is known as what?
Friction
Food that animals hunt are considered ____________.
Prey
Climates are not influenced by landforms, elevation, nearness to the ocean and distance from the equator - True of False
False
Traits that are passed down from two parents onto their offspring are known as what kind of traits?
Inherited traits
When warm, moist air meets cold, dry air, and a dangerous rotation can form and turn into a what?
Tornado
Friction always acts in the opposite direction the object is moving - True or False
True
How do elephants protect their young?
Name 2 landforms
Mountains, hills, valleys, desers, plains, plateaus
Traits that you get from your environment or surroundings are called what kind of traits?
Environmental traits
Humans can prevent natural hazards - True or False?
False
When one force is stronger than another force causing a change in speed or direction of motion the forces are considered what?
Unbalanced Forces
A scientist that studies animal behavior, especially in the wild is known as a what?
Ethologist
If you were in Florida in the winter, traveling north to Canada, explain how the weather temperature might change.
As you travel north, the temperature will get colder.
What are the four stages of an insect in order? (Butterfly)
egg - larva- pupa - adult