How Communities Respond to Natural Disasters
An event that occurs in nature that damages the environment and may harm living things.
Natural Disaster
What are the types of pollution?
What is the Ozone Layer?
Part of the atmosphere that protects Earth from dangerous rays called ultraviolet rays.
Which coast is at the highest risk for earthquakes?
Pacific Coast
When does water pollution occur?
When harmful chemicals, gases, and waste are put into bodies of water.
When did scientists realize the ozone layer was getting thinner over Antarctica?
1970
The areas around which landforms are most likely to have flooding?
Mississippi and Missouri Rivers
Many communities have laws against what type of pollution?
Littering
What did scientists realize was destroying the ozone layer?
Man-made chemicals
Local and state governments help rescue people. What else do they provide to help people recover from a natural disaster?
Money
What type of pollution happens when someone does not properly get rid of trash or harmful substances?
Littering
How many countries agreed to not use chemicals that harmed the ozone layer?
46
What else is part of the solution to natural disasters?
Volunteer Organizations
How can people reduce water pollution?
Not throwing cleaning products or cooking oil down the sink.
When do scientists think that the ozone layer might recover?
Between 2060 and 2080