Types of Natural Disasters
Causes/Effects
Relief Organizations
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100
Name 3 types of Natural Disasters.
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100
This natural disaster is caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
What are Earthquakes?
100
Name three major relief organizations
UNICEF, UNDAC, FEMA, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Direct Relief, etc.
100
Name where the most floods occur
What is east and south Asia?
200
Where 80% of earthquakes occur
What is the Ring of Fire?
200
Name the place where the most recent major flood occured.
Where is Venice/Italy?
200
Name the organization with this logo and where in the world they help.
What are FEMA and the U.S.?
200
Explain the difference between Hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones.
What is the location? (bonus 100 points if you can name the oceans where each occur)
300
This natural disaster has a season from mid-August to late October
What are Hurricanes?
300
Explain the fire triangle and what natural disaster it causes.
What is a heat source, fuel, oxygen, and wildfires?
300
Name the relief organization that has different divisions for places across the world.
What is the Red Cross? (bonus 100 points if you name 2-3 of the division)
300
The number of people that volunteer for natural disaster relief each year in the U.S.
What is 60 million people?