Major Natural Hazards Key Terms

____________ is a shaking of the Earth's crust due to crustal plate movements.

• flooding

• volcanic

• earthquake

• drought

Movement of plates produces cracks allow magma and gases to forced out during ____________ eruption.

• drought

• volcanic

• storm

• wildfire

____________ refers to the overflow of water over low-lying areas because of heavy rains and big sea waves.

• floating

• flowing

• flying

• flooding

If a place doesn't have rainfall or have much less rainfall than expected over a long time, it is called _____________.

• dry

• very dry

• dought

• drought

A ____________ has a low pressure centre accompanied by strong winds, heavy rains, snow or hailstones.

• storm

• hazards

• tsunami

• landslide

There are hurricanes in USA, tropical cyclones in the UK, willy-willy in Australia and _______________ in Macao.

• taipa

• typhoons

• taiwan

• super hurricanes

____________ is an unwanted fire that can damage vegetation in the countryside or a wilderness area.

• slash and burn

• wildfire

• wildernessfire

• countrysidefire

Tornado, landslide, earthquake, and avian influenza are known as natural __________________.

• hazards

• disasters

• habitat

• ecosystem

Some natural hazards such as wildlife are not completely natural because they occur partly because of ___________ activities.

• animals

• human

• government

• school

_______________ hazards are caused by extreme weather like long periods of little or very heavy rain. E.g. Typhoons, drought.

• geological

• meteorological

• geomorphological

• biological