Natural Disasters
Natural Resources
Topographic Maps
Grab Bag
Data/Maps
Plate Tectonics
100
What disaster is this house built for? 
Flooding
100
When fossil fuels are burned, they can ________ the air.
Pollute
100
What is the contour interval? 
1000
100
This was the name of the supercontinent.
Pangea
100
What happens to a hurricane as it goes from a higher category to a lower category?
It loses speed.
100
This was the theory that the continents were once a supercontinent, but slowly moved apart over time.
Continental Drift
200
An instrument that measures the force of earthquakes.
Seismograph
200
Identify the nonrenewable resource:
Coal, Wind, Water, Sunlight
Coal
200
What are the squiggly lines called on the topographic map?
Contour lines
200
What disaster does this device test?
Earthquakes
200
Which disaster is located on the map the least amount of times?
Summer storms
200
This is the San Andreas Fault. It is located on a _________ plate boundary. 
Transform
300
If you lived somewhere that was threatened by a volcano, what material would you make your house with?
Stone/Rock
300
What do we call resources that never run out?
Inexhaustible
300
Which color represents the peak? 
Red
300
The people of this town are upset that the sidewalks keep getting broken up. What type of weathering is shown below?
Root wedging.
300
What pattern does the highlighted part of the map represent?
Ring of Fire
300
When two plate tectonics collide, this is called:
Convergent plate boundaries
400
These are the first waves of an earthquake that we feel. They travel fast and can travel through solids, liquids, and gases.
P-waves
400
Animal waste, wood chippings, leftover paper, corn stalks are all examples of
Biomass/Biofuel
400
Which letter best shows an area on the volcano that is the most gradual? 
B
400
This man introduced the theory of continental drift.
Alfred Wegener
400
Nelson and company want to build a structure that can withstand the force of a category 3 or lower hurricane. What is the minimum amount of wind speed the structure must be able to handle without blowing away? 
129 mph.
400
When two plate tectonics pull away from each other, this is called:
Divergent plate boundaries
500
When two plate boundaries diverge underwater, magma rises and cools very quickly. This is called
Sea floor spreading
500
Give 3 negatives to clean renewable energy sources. (1 per source)
Water: Kills fish and other living organism.
Wind: Can kill birds, can be loud/not aesthetic
Solar: Expensive and takes up space
All: Rely on the availablility of resource
500
Which view of the topographic map is shown below? 
Arial, birdseye, drone.
500
What 3 things happen to Tsunami waves as they get closer to the shore? 
Taller, slower, shorter wavelength
500
Which disaster is the most common in the US?
Tornadoes
500
Explain the two different types of convergent plate boundaries. Be sure to explain why and how each one occurs.
Uplift - continental crust converges and push each other up.
Subduction- oceanic crust converges with continental crust. The oceanic crust is more dense than the continental crust, which is why it subducts below the continental crust.