Flooding & Land Slides (Natural Disasters)

What is a flood?

• A type of food.

• A type of floor.

• When a dry piece of land becomes even dryer.

• When a dry piece of land becomes submerged in water.

Floods can be caused by a number of things. What may cause a flood?

• Heavy rain

• Ice melts

• Hurricanes

• Droughts

There are 3 types of flooding. What are they?

• Flash card floods

• Slow on-set floods

• Rapid on-set floods

• Flash floods

How can YOU help prevent floods

Have you ever planted a tree?

• Yes at home

• Yes at School

• No never

• Yes

What is another way to describe Landslides?

• Slidelands

• Gravity

• Slidemuds

• Mudslides

What human activities can cause Landslips?

• Milking cows

• Mining

• Sheep farming

• Deforestation

What else may cause a Mudslide?

• Heavy Rain

• Soil Erosion

• Volcanic Eruptions

• A Pandemic

There are a number of definitions we can use for gravity. What is GRAVITY?

• Gravity is the force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center.

• Gravity is a pulling force that works across space. What goes up must come down.

• Gravity is a force which tries to pull two objects toward each other.

• Gravity is a milkshake.

Do all Landslides move at the same pace?