Geohazards and Greenhouse Effect

What are events caused by geological processes that have devastating effects on lives and properties?

• Earthquakes

• Landslides

• Geohazards

• Flood

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

________ _______ usually happens so fast that the water level rises very quickly.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The city of Tokyo, Japan invests millions of dollars to preserve sand dunes on beaches, build seawalls, and design trenches to divert seawater. What geohazard are they preparing for?

• Earthquake

• Sinkhole

• Landslide

• Tsunami

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

This hazard is caused by the chemical dissolution process in sandstone or chemical dissolution of carbonate rocks that causes erosion of the soil beneath the ground.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault causing tectonic movement, causing what natural hazard?

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which is the BEST way you can help prepare before any natural disasters occur?

• Stay away from a path of a landslide.

• Move to a higher ground.

• Return to your home when local authority announces it is safe to do so.

• Make an emergency survival kit with your family.

True or False

Landslide may be triggered by rain or ground shaking due to earthquakes.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A disaster when there is no rain for a long time and everything is dry.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A disaster when a lot of snow moves quickly down a mountain.

• aftershock

• famine

• flood

• avalanche

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A disaster that has very fast winds that begins over warm water

• flood

• hurricane

• avalanche

• tsunami

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5