Causes
Hazard that results from magma rising from the mantle of the Earth.
What is a volcano?
What is a hurricane?
Molten rock expelled from a volcano.
What is lava?
Fastest type of seismic wave.
What is a P-wave?
Area where earthquakes or volcanoes does not happen often.
What is a stable area?
Can be caused by lightning.
What is wildfire?
What is a volcano?
Caused by an earthquake under the ocean.
What is a tsunami?
Created to lower risk from a natural hazard or disaster.
What is an action plan?
Sudden movement of large amounts of rocks, pebbles, and dirt down a slope.
What is a landslide?
Caused by Earth's rotation and warm ocean waters.
What is a hurricane?
Extensive damage to roads and structures from shaking.
What is an earthquake?
The spot on the surface above the focus of an earthquake.
What is the epicenter?
A severe snowstorm that lasts for a long time with strong winds and low visibility.
What is a blizzard?
Mitigation response relating to or characteristic of a region
What is the regional response?
Causes by shift in tectonic plates.
What is an earthquake?
Everything in its path can be burned.
What is a wildfire?
80% of tsunamis occur in this ocean.
What is the Pacific ocean?
Scale that measures strength of earthquakes.
What is the Richter Scale?
Shock waves that radiate from the focus.
What are seismic waves?
Happens when there is a lot of rainfall.
What is flooding?
High winds cause destruction to everything in the path.
What is a tornado?
Uses roman numerals.
What is the Modified Mercalli Scale?
Country in the Caribbean that has a lot of earthquakes.
What is Haiti?
The realization of a natural hazard.
What is a natural disaster?