Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Tsunamis
Natural Disasters
Events
100
Large sheets of rock and soil that make up the Earth's crust
What is Tectonic Plates
100
Moving masses of soil and rock that flow down slopes
What is Landslides
100
Cause of tsunamis
What is shaking of an earthquake, or explosion of a volcano
100
Tsunami
What is enormous ocean waves caused by underwater earthquakes, landslides, or volcanoes
100
Indian Ocean, 2004
What is an example of a tsunami
200
Cracks in the Earth's crust along which movement occurs
What is Faults
200
A dirt and debris-filled flood of water
What is Mudslide
200
Where tsunamis
What is The ocean
200
Volcanoes
What is Places on the Earth's surface where gases, ash, and lava spew onto the surface
200
Alaska, 1958
What is The largest recorded tsunami
300
Instrument that measures the strength of earthquakes
What is Seismograph
300
Melted, liquid rock beneath Earth's surface
What is Magma
300
Maximum speed of a tsunami
What is 200 mph
300
Earthquake
What is the shaking of Earth's crust caused by underground vibrations
300
Mount St. Helens, Washington, 1980
What is The deadliest volcanic eruption recorded in the US
400
Scale that measures the strength of earthquakes
What is Richter Scale
400
What the magma pushed out of the volcano, causing an eruption
What is Plug
400
Tidal Wave
What is the previous name for tsunamis
400
Natural disaster
What is Any even or force of nature that has catastrophic consquences
400
San Francisco, California, 1989
What is an example of a major earthquake in the US
500
Numbers on the Richter Scale
What is 1-9
500
Substances that spew into the air from the eruption of a volcano
What is gas, ash, lava
500
When tsunamis reach shore
What is Wave speed decreases, as wave height increase
500
A localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land
What is a Tornado
500
Chile, 9.5 on the Richter scale
What is the largest earthquake ever recorded
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