Natural Disasters

What are the four major Natural Disasters that we studied? Check all that apply.

• Landslides

• Floods

• Tsunamis

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What causes an Earthquake?

• Tectonic plates in the Earth moving and sliding.

• Giants racing across the Earth.

• Masses of people jumping up and down all at once.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Landslides are caused by...

• The trees deciding that they want a new home.

• Landslides are not real.

• Gravity pulling soil down a cliff or mountain that has been loosened by rain or weathering.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Volcanoes are...

• just like ant hills

• created by magma formed beneath the Earths crust that gets pushed up through cracks in the Earth's surface.

• a figment of our imagination.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Tsunamis are caused by...

• underwater Earthquakes that create large ripples in the water that eventually push out into land.

• someone leaving the faucet running for too long.

• someone doing a huge cannon ball in the middle of the ocean.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The "Ring of Fire" refers to...

• the path of volcanoes along the Pacific Ocean where the majority of volcanoes and Earthquakes take place.

• The pretty rings you wear around your fingers.

• The bubble volcano in Finding Nemo

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which Natural Disaster is this?

• Volcanic eruption

• Landslide eruption

• Tornado

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which picture better relates to "Tsunami"?

• 
• 
• 
• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which picture better relates to "Landslide"?

• 
• 
• 
• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which Natural Disaster could have caused this?

• A landslide.

• An avalanche.

• A volcanic eruption.

• A flood.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2