Word
Definition
Example
Potpourri
100
This happens when the ground shakes
What is an earthquake?
100
Tsunami
What is a big wave (possibly caused by an underwater earthquake or landslide)?
100
The ground is shaking
What is an earthquake?
100

The name of the scale used to measure earthquakes.

What is the Richter scale?

200
This is red hot liquid that comes OUT of a volcano
What is lava?
200
Magma
What is hot liquid rock INSIDE the Earth or a volcano?
200
A 30 foot wave is coming
What is a tsunami?
200

What is "shifting" to create earthquakes? 

What are Tectonic Plates?

300
These are the pieces on top of the Earth
What are tectonic plates?
300
Mudslide
What is what happens when mud (dirt and rain) slide down a mountain?
300
Houses and trees have been burned away
What is a volcano?
300
This stuff inside the Earth is about to become lava
What is magma?
400

This machine tells how strong an earthquake is

What is the seismograph?

400
Volcano
What is a mountain that shoots out lava?
400
My house just went down the mountain
What is a landslide?
400

Name of the scale to measure hurricanes.

What is a Saffir-Simpson?

500
This happens when dirt and other things slide down a mountains
What is a landslide?
500
Faults
What are the cracks on the Earth (near Tectonic plates/where Tectonic plates meet)?
500
A red hot river of this burning stuff is going down the mountain
What is lava?
500
When these cracks move they make the ground shake
What are faults?
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