Earthquakes and Volcanoes
A number that shows the size or strength of an earthquake, often represented on a scale.
What is magnitude?
A long period of unusually dry weather that can affect water supplies, agriculture, and ecosystems.
What is a drought?
A severe winter storm that brings very cold temperatures, strong winds, and heavy snow, all at the same time
What is a blizzard?
The streak of light seen as the rock or particle burns in the atmosphere.
What is a meteor?
When water covers land that is usually dry.
What is a flood?
Detects and measures the shaking of the ground during an earthquake.
What is a seismometer?
When fire spreads through the tops of trees and can be very fast and destructive.
A dangerous drop in body temperature
What is hypothermia?
The fragment that survives and hits the Earth’s surface
What is a meteorite?
The movement of rock, soil, or debris down a slope.
What is a landslide?
____ is the scale we used today for measuring earthquakes?
What is the Moment Magnitude Scale?
When the supply of water is not enough to meet human demands, affecting communities.
What is a socioeconomic drought?
A large mass of snow, ice, and debris that quickly slides down a mountain slope
What is an avalanche?
When large meteors hit the Earth, they can cause huge
What are impact craters?
Sudden floods caused by heavy rainfall in a short amount of time.
What is a flash flood?
_____caused by hot plumes of mantle material that rise from deep within the Earth.
What are hotspot volcanoes?
Longer droughts lead to higher chances of ___.
What are wildfires?
Avalanches are most likely to happen on steep slopes, especially those that are between______ degrees.
What does NEO's stand for?
What are Near Earth Objects?
When a large chunk of land slides down a slope in one piece.
What are slumps?
What type of tectonic boundary do most volcanoes seem to be found?
What are convergent plate boundaries?
Some wildfires are deliberately set by people is called _____.
What is arson?
What are the three criteria to classify a storm as a blizzard?
What are Low visibility, strong winds, and heavy snow?
US force dedicated to monitoring and preventing asteroid and meteor threats.
Who are NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office?
What are the four causes of flooding?
What are heavy rainfall, melting snow, deforestation, and dam failures?