Interior Processes
Why are earthquakes and volcanic eruptions considered interior processes?
They start inside the core of the Earth (double)
What is the movement of rock and soil down a slope with the influence of gravity?
Mass Wastings
What is the name of the scale used to rate the damage of a tornado?
Fujita Scale
What is it called when you can't legally burn things during a drought?
Burn Ban
What are the purpose of storm shelters?
Protection/shelter during a tornado
What is it called when the soil loses its strength and stiffness due to earthquakes?
Give 3 examples of Mast Wasting.
What is the dome of water called that sweeps across the coast?
Storm Surge
A natural or artificial lake behind a dam used for water supply.
reservoir
What detects precipitation?
Doppler Radar
What tool is used to measure the strength and epicenter of an Earthquake?
seismograph
Tsunamis are large waves produced by what two natural disasters?
Earthquakes and Landslides
What are two other names for hurricanes?
typhoons and cyclones (double)
What are burn bans?
When you can't legally burn during a drought.
Name of the drones that release chemicals in clouds to trigger the release of rain.
Cloud-seeding drones (Double)
What is the Ring of Fire?
Location of 80% of volcanoes (Double)
What are two possible losses during a Tsunami?
Power loss and loss of Fresh Water access (double)
Who tracks and monitors whether events with aircraft, satellites and drones?
Floods are created by excess of rain from what 4 events?
Storms, Hurricane, Snowmelt, Dam breaking, and River Overflowing (Double)
Name of the special alerts to warn people about a tsunami.
Sirens
Name 3 hazards of volcanoes.
Lahar, Ashfall and Pyroclastic flow
What do scientist use to track underwater earthquakes?
Seismograph
What part of a tornado is formed as the air rises and rotates?
A funnel
Name 2 damages from droughts.
Damage to crops or livestock
Wildfires
What measures the volcanoes swelling as the magma chamber fills up?
Tiltmeters (double)