Natural Disasters

What natural disaster is this?

• flood

• hurricane

• tsunami

• avalanche

A _________________ occurs when there has not been enough rain so that crops and plants can grow.

• drought

• draught

• drough

• draugh

What natural disaster is this?

• earthquake

• blizzard

• forest fire

• avalanche

Fill in the blank.

_______________occur when storms cause rivers to overflow or by high tides.

Where are most volcanoes located?

• Atlantic Rim

• Indian Rim

• Pacific Rim

• Arctic Rim

A _______________ is a spinning tube of air that touches the ground and a cloud above.

• cyclone

• typhoon

• hurricane

• tornado

Hurricanes are strong tropical storms with high winds and heavy rain that develop in the ___________ Ocean.

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• Indian

• Arctic

Tick the things that DON'T belong to the earthquake. (more than one answer)

• snowstorm

• tsunami

• richter scale

• wind

• shaking

_______________ are rotating tropical storms like hurricanes, but they occur in the north-west Pacific Ocean near Hawaii and Asia.

Which of the followings belong to blizzards? (more than one answer)

• fires

• heavy snowstorms

• high temperatures

• low temperatures

• high winds