Hurricanes
Definition of a hurricane.
What is a strong and destructive rotating storm ?
The definition of a tornado.
What is a spinning column of wind?
The definition of a tsunami.
What is a huge wave that develops in the ocean?
A ______ is a mountain with an opening at the top.
What is a volcano?
In order for a natural event to be considered a natural disaster these two things must occur.
What are destruction and loss of human life?
Hurricanes form over ________ water.
What is warm water?
This scale is used to measure the intensity of a tornado.
What is the Fujita Scale?
This other natural disaster often causes a tsunami.
What is a large underwater earthquake?
_________ are sudden shocks and shaking of the earth's surface.
What are earthquakes?
Natural disasters can cause the weakening and breakdown of rock, sand and soil. These two processes are called ...
What are weathering and erosion?
This is the calmest part of the hurricane.
What is the "eye" ?
Tornados often result from giant storms called __________.
What is a supercell?
If a tsunami warning is issued in your area, this is what you should do immediately.
What is move to higher ground and/or inland.
Earthquakes happen when the earth's ___________ move apart, bump into each other and slide under each other.
What are tectonic plates?
This type of natural disaster is most common in an area of the United States called Tornado Alley.
What is a tornado?
The __________ scale measures the intensity of hurricanes.
What is the Saffir - Simpson scale?
If you receive a warning that a tornado is coming, the best place to go is ....
What is an underground bunker or basement?
The word tsunami means ________ in Japanese.
What is "harbor wave"?
Volcanoes are formed when ________ from inside the Earth's mantle works its way to the surface.
What is magma?
This type of natural disaster would only occur in places such as Hawaii. It can cause hot magma and ash to cause damage to buildings and put people in danger.
What is a volcanic eruption?
The storm surge for a Category 2 hurricane can be _______ feet high.
What is 6ft - 8ft high?
The states included in "tornado alley" are ________, __________, ________, and ___________.
What are North Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska?
Many tsunamis, about 80 percent, happen within an area of the Pacific Ocean that has a lot of volcanic activity and earthquakes called ______________.
"The Ring of Fire"
The _______ scale rate earthquake intensities on a scale of 1 to 10.
Name at least 7 types of natural disasters.
What are:
hurricanes, tornados, tsunamis, landslides, volcanic eruptions, floods and earthquakes ?