Natural Hazards Vocabulary

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-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What results when Earth's plates collide or pull apart causing a sudden shaking vibration?

• Earthquake

• Tonado

• Hurricane

• Tsunami

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

This large storm begins at sea and moves towards lands bringing strong winds and rain.

• Tornado

• Flood

• Wildfire

• Hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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

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-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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

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

Large, uncontrollable fires that spread quickly in nature.

• Wild Fire

• Drought

• Volcano

• Hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

When Earthquakes occur, they may cause large amount of soil, mud, or snow to quickly fall down steep slopes resulting in

• Landslides

• Tornados

• Hurricanes

• Blizzards

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Any natural phenomenon that may have a negative and disastrous impart on humans, the environment and other organisms in the ecosystem would be considered a ...

• Natural Hazard

• Natural Blessing

• Equilibrium

• Population Ecology

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2