Natural Hazards
A destructive vortex of violently rotating winds
What is Tornado
Plates move away from each other
What is Divergent Boundary
Can be triggered by these (2 minimum)
Asteroid, Earthquake, Volcanoes, etc.
Floods form in ____ areas
What is Coastal
The most destructive natural disaster ever!
What is an Asteroid/Comet impact
A sudden and violent shaking of the ground
What is Earthquake
plates move toward each other
What is Convergent Boundary
TRUE OR FALSE: only impact local areas and small populations.
FALSE
One effect of floods
What is property damage, crop damage, washes away soil, kills livestock
The opposite of global warming.
What is Ice Age
Caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance
What is Tsunami
plates slide past each other
What is Transform Boundary
What type of sign is water receding from the coastline and a loud roaring sound
what is Warning
Flood warning agency part of NOAA
What is the National Weather Service
Balls of ice falling from the sky.
What is Hail
Originate in the Atlantic basin
What is Hurricane
This boundary produces strike-slip faults, such as the infamous San Andreas Fault
What is Transform
True or False: If you experience any of the warning phenomena or a tsunami warning is issued you should wait for official evacuation orders
FALSE
type of flood warning
What is flash flood warning
Snow falling down the side of a mountain
What is Avalanche
Can last for months or years
What is Drought
What do seismologists use to measure earthquake strength?
What is Richter Magnitude Scale
In 2004, the tsunami that occurred in this ocean killed 200,000 people in Indonesia. a) Pacific b) Atlantic c) Indian
What is Indian Ocean
The state with the most floods in the United States
What is Texas
Typhoons happen there (continent)
What is Asia