Natural events that cause severe or widespread destruction.
What is Natural Disaster
100
List the four main layers of the atmosphere
What is troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, and thermosphere
100
A stretched rubber band has ______________ energy.
What is elastic potential
100
To find an object's mechanical energy, you add its kinetic energy and
What is potential energy
200
People can protect themselves from the sun's _____________ by applying sunscreen, wearing clothes, a hat, and sunglasses.
What is ultraviolet radiation
200
The upper region of the stratosphere is warm because energy from the sun is absorbed by the
What is ozone layer
200
A mountain climber at the peak has ______________ energy.
What is gravitational potential
200
When you rub your cold hands together to warm them up, you are feeling
What is thermal energy
200
Most meteorids burn up in the
What is mesosphere
300
A large fire that speads quickly over a natural area.
What is wildfire
300
The _____________ contains almost all the mass of the atmosphere.
What is troposphere
300
Energy that results from an object's position or shape
What is potential energy
300
When potential energy changes to kinetic energy this is called a(n)
What is energy transformation
300
Energy ____________ be created or destroyed
What is cannot
400
A long period of scarce rainfall or dry weather.
What is drought
400
Earth's atmosphere is a mixture of substances made up of mostly nitrogen, oxygen, ___________________, water vapor, and other gases, as well as particles of liquids and solids.
What is carbon dioxide
400
The energy an object has due to its motion
What is kinetic energy
400
When one form of energy is transformed to another, no energy is lost
What is Law of Conservation of Energy
400
The two basic kinds of energy are _______________ and ____________ energy.
What is potential and energy
500
The rush of water that is caused by a powerful wind
What is storm surge
500
The thin envelope of gases that surrounds the planet.