Natural Disasters I
Landforms I
Natural Disasters II
100
A sudden shift within the Earth when tectonic plates rub together and create stress/pressure.
What is an earthquake?
100
An area on Earth’s surface that is much higher than the land around it.
What is a mountain?
100
A long period of dry weather.
What is a drought?
200
An opening in Earth's crust that allows super hot materials like lava or magma from beneath the crust to reach the surface.
What is a volcano?
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200
Slow moving huge bodies of ice.
What are glaciers?
200
An overflowing of a large amount of water.
What is a flood?
300
Funnel-shaped wind storms that reach from the clouds to the ground.
What is a tornado?
300
The breaking down of rock on the surface of the earth, usually by the force of water, wind, or ice.
What is weathering?
300
Occurs when masses of rock, earth, or soil move down a slope.
What is a landslide?
400
A severe rotating storm with high speed winds that forms over warm waters in tropical areas.
What is a hurricane?
400
A process that occurs when wind, water, or ice carry small pieces of dirt or rock away from one area to another, resulting in different landforms.
What is erosion?
400
A large, destructive fire that spreads quickly, usually in a wilderness or a rural area.
What is a wildfire?
500
A long high sea wave or series of waves caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
What is a tsunami?
500
A deep valley with very steep sides.
What is a canyon?
500
A sudden sliding of snow, ice, and rock down a slope.
What is an avalanche?
