Types of disasters
Which disasters is known for violent shaking usually occuring at plate boundaries.
Earthquakes
A flood carries this everywhere.
Water
A hurricane is a storm with lots of these two things.
Wind and rain
What do we feel during an earthquake?
Shaking
what are active volcanoes?
what is a volcano that can erupt at any moment
Which natural disaster is often caused by heavy rainfall or river overflow?
Flood
Too much of this can cause a flood.
Rain
This is where a hurricane starts.
Ocean
What is the highest magnitude an earthquake can measure at?
The highest magnitude on the Richter scale is 10
True or False: All volcanoes are active.
False
Which natural disaster is know for heavy rainfall and strong winds?
Hurricane
After the water is gone, we see this.
Mud
A hurricane is a tropical storm. True or False.
True
This is what we do if an earthquake happens and we are at school.
Go under our desk and hold on.
What is lava?
Hot melted rock that comes out of a volcano.
Which natural disaster is known for large explosions of gas and lava?
Volcano
Why are floods dangerous?
Floods can destroy fields, kil animals and wash away people and cars.
This is what you should do if there is a hurricane and you are at home.
Evacuate
Is ot true that sometimes you can't feel an earthquake?
True
What is Magma?
Liquid rock inside the volcano.
Which natural disaster is often caused by earthquakes under the ocean?
Tsunami
This is a flood that happens quickly.
Flash flood.
This is where a hurricane lands
Coast
True or False? Earthquakes also happen on the moon.
True, earthquakes also happen on the moon however moonquakes happen less often and have smaller magnitudes
What is a volcanic eruption?
When a volcano explodes and releases lava, ash, and gases.