
Natural Hazards Vocabulary
Authored by Jackqueline Lowery
Science
6th - 8th Grade
NGSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What natural disaster occurs due to heavy rainfall for several days causing creeks, rivers, and lakes to overflow?
Tornado
Wildfire
Flood
Earthquake
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What results when Earth's plates collide or pull apart causing a sudden shaking vibration?
Earthquake
Tonado
Hurricane
Tsunami
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This large storm begins at sea and moves towards lands bringing strong winds and rain.
Tornado
Flood
Wildfire
Hurricane
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A forceful rotating column of air. Can occur with no rain at all, creating invisible spinning winds.
Hurricane
Tsunami
Drought
Tornado
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This mountain with a hole at the peak can erupt, shooting pools of molten magma and gases.
Drought
Wildfire
Volcano
Mt. Everest
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This long lasting snow storm comes with freezing temperature, strong winds, and blankets of snow covering buildings, cars, and homes.
Blizzard
Heat storm
Wild fire
Volcano
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The long time period in which there is no rainfall or other precipitation. The ground is very dry and water levels creeks, rivers, and lakes become very low or dry up entirely.
Flood
Hurricane
Drought
Blizzard
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-4
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