Human-Made Disasters
This happens when people dump trash into rivers and lakes.
What is water pollution?
This disaster happens when too much rain falls in one place.
What is a flood?
Cars and factories release this into the air, making it dirty.
What is smoke or carbon dioxide?
People cut down too many trees, leading to this problem.
What is deforestation?
This gas from cars and factories makes the Earth hotter.
What is carbon dioxide?
When oil spills into the ocean, it harms these animals.
What are fish and sea birds?
Earthquakes can cause the ground to do this.
What is crack or shake?
Throwing trash on the ground can harm these small animals.
What are birds and squirrels?
When forests disappear, these animals lose their homes.
What are monkeys and birds?
Ice melting in the Arctic is making life harder for these animals.
What are polar bears?
We can stop littering by doing this.
What is using trash cans and recycling?
People in tornado-prone areas build these underground to stay safe.
What are storm shelters?
Instead of plastic bags, we can use these.
What are reusable bags?
To help trees grow back, we can do this.
What is plant more trees?
Using this kind of energy from the sun helps reduce pollution.
What is solar energy?
Factories release harmful smoke into the air, causing this.
What is air pollution?
A tsunami happens when this shakes the ocean floor.
What is an earthquake?
Pollution in the ocean makes it unsafe for us to do this.
What is swim or fish?
This striped big cat is endangered because of hunting and losing its home.
What is a tiger?
Climate change makes the weather do this.
What is get hotter or change?
We can use these instead of cars to create less pollution.
What are bikes and buses?
To prepare for earthquakes, people do this at school and work.
What are safety drills?
To stop water pollution, we should never do this in lakes and rivers.
What is throw trash?
National parks protect animals by not allowing this.
What is hunting or cutting trees?
To slow down climate change, we should use less of this.
What are fossil fuels?