Natural Disasters
A natural disaster is a natural event that causes
a. celebrations
b. damage
c. happiness
d. clouds
What is b. damage
The ground starts shaking
What is an earthquake
Earthquakes usually happen near
a. oceans
b. plate boundaries
c. forests
d. deserts
What is b. plate boundaries
When magma reaches Earth’s surface, it is called
a. ash
b. rock
c. lava
d. smoke
What is c. lava
Hurricanes form over warm
a. land
b. desert sand
c. ocean water
d. mountains
What is c. ocean water
Many natural disasters are caused by the movement of
a. wind currents
b. ocean tides
c. tectonic plates
d. sunlight
What is c. tectonic plates
A 30 ft wave is coming
What is a Tsunami
Which Earth process MOST directly causes earthquakes?
a. Evaporation
b. Plate movement
c. Erosion
d. Condensation
What is b. Plate movement
A volcano is an opening in Earth’s __________________.
What is crust
A fast-spinning column of air that touches the ground is a
What is a tornado
Natural disasters are caused by __________________ processes of Earth.
What is natural
Houses and trees have been burned away
What is a wildfire
What other natural disaster can be caused by an Earthquake?
What is a Tsunami?
Magma that cools and hardens forms new __________________.
What is rock
Which disaster is caused by too much rainfall?
What is flood
Why do scientists study natural disasters?
What is to predict hazards and keep people safe.
A red hot river of this burning stuff is going down the mountain
What is a Volcano
Earthquakes are caused by movement along a __________________.
What is fault
Magma is found ____________________.
What is beneath Earth's surface
A flood happens when water covers
What is land that is normally dry
A natural disaster that causes strong winds, heavy rains and flooding
What are the cracks on the Earth (near Tectonic plates/where Tectonic plates meet)
What is a Fault
What can we do to prepare for an earthquake?
Take shelter, build and emergency kit, anchor heavy items.
Volcanoes form when
What is when magma rises through cracks in Earth’s crust
Describe how a hurricane forms.
What is they form over warm ocean water with strong winds and heavy rain.