A natural disaster that happens when an area is without rain for a long period of time
What is a drought
A series of large waves caused by a large and sudden disturbance in the ocean
What is a tsunami
When large amounts of snow slide down a mountain
What is an avalanche
A floating device used in waterways to mark a specific location or to warn of hazards.
What is a buoy?
One way we all learned to show what cooperation looks like
Anything from the "looks like" portion of the T-graph for social skills
A mountain or hill that has an opening for melted rock and gas to shoot up and flow out
What is a volcano
A large spiral tropical storm
What is a hurricane?
Scientists track blizzards from this continent
Antarctica
Type of scientist who predicts blizzards using tools at a station
Meteorologist
For our personal learning, name one out of three standards we should hold ourselves to
Make good decisions or show respect or solve small problems
Nickname for region of the United States where most of the world's tornadoes occur
Tornado Alley
One cause of flooding
What is heavy rainfall, tidal surges, or failure of manmade structures
Specialist intentionally trigger snow slides with explosives to generate this disaster
What is an avalanche
Name three supplies to gather to prepare for a blizzard
food, water, flashlights, batteries, chargers, cash, warm clothes
Type of buoy that monitors and warns of tsunamis
DART buoy
Waves measured by seismologists to record earthquake magnitudes
What are seismic waves
When land that is normally dry is covered with water
Flood
Used to clear roads in blizzards
Meteorologists study patterns of these
Elephant that saved a girl from a tsunami in Thailand
What is Ning-Nong
System that works with governments and scientists to make a plan
EMS, or emergency management system
Heavy rainfall triggers these kinds of slides
landslides
Causes of blizzards
What is warm air colliding with cold air
What is extreme cold
How tornadoes are measured
Besides lightening, causes forest fires
Humans