Machine used to rate the intensity of an earthquake
What is a seismograph?
100
submerging of normally dry land by an overflow of water.
What is a flood?
100
Coal, Oil and Gas
What are examples of non renewable resources?
100
it occurs during periods of intense rainfall, they usually start on steep hillsides, liquefy and accelerate down the hill.
What is a mudslide?
100
a mountain that opens downward to a pool of molten rock below the surface of the earth
What is a Volcano?
200
Scientists who study earthquakes are called
What is a seismologist?
200
Going to high places can keep you safe
What are safety rules during a flood?
200
resources that can be replenished naturally
What is a renewable resource?
200
Watch the road for collapsed pavement, mud, fallen rocks and other indications of a possible debris flow.
What are preventive measures while driving during storms?
200
Gases and rock shoot up through the opening and spill over or fill the air with lava fragments
What is an eruption?
300
getting under a table or desk and moving to an open area away from trees, buildings or power lines are part of...
What are safety measures during an earthquake.
300
Not throwing garbage on the streets, dispose of fallen leaves and trash properly and not cutting trees.
What are ways of preventing floods?
300
Resources that either form slowly or do not naturally form in the environment, if spent they don't exist again.
What is a non-renewable resource?
300
Evacuation route, emergency kit,
What is a disaster plan?
300
a volcano which has recently erupted and there is a possibility that it may erupt soon.
What is an active volcano?
400
The ground shakes, buildings tumble and the earth heaves and cracks.
What is an earthquake?
400
Infrastructure such as buildings, cars and houses can be left saturated or completely taken by the waters. While sewage systems and power grids can be destroyed.
What are damages caused by floods?
400
It can be found anywhere, specially during summer, it keeps us warm and gives us light.
What is sunlight?
400
Planting trees, avoiding soil erosion
What are ways to prevent mudslides?
400
liquid rock (magma) that flows out of a volcano, red colored and hot
What is lava?
500
Over 80 percent of the earth’s earthquakes happen in the Pacific Ocean, in a place called...
What is the Ring of Fire
500
heavy rains, a river overflowing, a dambreaking, a hurricane or tsunami, or melting snow.
What are causes of a flood?
500
Taking short showers, closing the faucet when brushing yout teeth or washing dishes?
What are ways of preserving water?
500
They can destroy large buildings, uproot trees and hurl vehicles hundreds of yards
What is a tornado?
500
Current active volcano in Costa Rica that has been erupting ashes.