The Water Cycle
This process happens when water changes from liquid to gas.
What is evaporation?
This famous volcano destroyed the city of Pompeii in 79 CE.
What is Mt. Vesuvius?
This is a hazard that occurs when too much water is on normally dry land.
What is a flood?
The scale used to measure earthquake strength.
What is the Moment Magnitude Scale (or Richter scale)?
This hazard forms over warm water.
What is a hurricane?
Clouds form during this part of the water cycle.
What is condensation?
The 2011 tsunami hit this country.
What is Japan?
Too little rainfall over a long period of time.
What is a drought?
A tsunami is usually caused by this event under the ocean.
What is an earthquake?
This hazard forms over land.
What is a tornado?
This part of the cycle returns water to the ground from clouds.
What is precipitation?
The Dust Bowl of the 1930s was mainly caused by this type of disaster.
What is a drought?
This hazard occurs when a mass of rock, soil, or debris slides down a slope, primarily driven by gravity
What is a landslide?
Earthquakes happen when these giant pieces of Earth’s crust move.
What are tectonic plates?
This is the measurement scale for a tornado.
What is the Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale?
Plants release water vapor into the air during this step of the water cycle.
What is transpiration?
This 1906 disaster destroyed much of San Francisco.
What is an earthquake?
This hazard often happens after a period of drought and hot weather.
What is a wildfire?
Volcanoes are most common near these boundaries.
What are tectonic plates?
This is needed for hurricanes to strengthen.
What is warm ocean temperatures?
This is how the sun powers the entire water cycle.
What is the sun heats water, causing evaporation and driving movement of water through the cycle?
This 2005 hurricane severely affected New Orleans.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
This type of flood happens very quickly, usually with no warning.
What is a flash flood.
The point inside the Earth where an earthquake begins
What is the focus (or hypocenter)?
This is the part of a hurricane that brings all of the moisture.
What are rainbands?