Land Natural Disasters
A vortex of spinning rotating winds creating a funnel shaped cloud.
What is a Tornado?
Violent, rotating windstorm over warm waters.
What is a hurricane?
The tool that predicts a hurricane.
What is a satellite?
The two strong wind events in weather.
What are Hurricanes (typhoon) and Tornadoes?
A tool that should be in your safety kit that will help at night.
What is a flashlight?
The Midwest (Tornado Belt)
Where do most tornadoes occur in the US?
Large high sea wave that occurs after an underwater earthquake.
What is a Tsunami?
What tool predicts thunderstorms?
What is the Doppler?
A crater or vent through which lava and gas explode.
What is a volcano?
During a thunderstorm, where is the WORST place to be?
What is under a tree?
A great deal of snow, low visibility.
What is a Blizzard?
caused by too much rain for a long period of time.
What is flooding?
The tool that measures the intensity of an earthquake.
What is a seismograph?
Causes a sudden, violent shaking of the ground and is a result of movement within the earth's crust.
What is an earthquake?
In case you hear a tornado warning siren, where should you go?
What is a shelter (a basement)?
Large amounts of mud, dirt, earth sliding down a hill or mountain.
What is a landslide?
A natural disaster that would cause one house to be destroyed by high winds and a neighboring house to be undamaged?
What is a tornado?
What is the number 1 tool a home needs to stay healthy during wildfire in the neighborhood?
What are air purifier?
A region that has not had rain for a long time, maybe months and can spread damage if a spark gets it started.
What is a wildfire?
If stranded in a subarctic region, which of the two is more important for survival and rescue? Newspaper or Compass?
Newspaper
What causes more fiscal damage during the season, a Tornado or a hurricane?
What is a hurricane?
What is the one worst natural Disaster in number of life's lost? (3.7 million people)
What is Flooding?
What is the tool scientists use to measure pressure in the air during a storm?
What is barometer.
When caught in any natural disaster, what is the MOST important thing to remember?
What is DO NOT PANIC!
Best preparation defense for a home fire.
What is evacuation plan?