Natural Disasters.

Is the name given to hot liquid rock inside a volcano. Once it leaves the volcano, it’s known as lava.

• Geologists

• Volcanic Eruption

• Magma

• Water

Happen when a plate scrapes, bumps, or drags along another plate.

• Tsunamis

• Volcano

• Droughts

• Earthquake

Instrument that makes a record of seismic waves caused by an earthquake, explosion, or other Earth-shaking phenomenon.

• Scissors

• Seismograph

• Radar

• Barometer

Occurs when magma is released from a volcano.

• Tsunamis

• Earthquakes

• Volcanic Eruption

• Tornadoes

Is an event that has potential for causing injury/ loss of life or damage to property/environment.

• Plan

• Hazard

• Refuge

• Shelter

Can be prevented in some places by strengthening a river’s edges, building dams, and redirecting flood water away from towns.

• Landslide

• Avalanches

• Flooding

• Hurricanes

Is an event that occurs suddenly/unexpectedly in most cases and disrupts the normal course of life in affected area

• Bomb

• Windfall

• Disaster

• Blockbuster

Large, moving slabs of rock that make up the planets outer layer

• Rocks

• Sand

• Stone

• Earth´s Plates

A huge ocean wave caused by a disturbance in the ocean floor. Usually caused by an underwater earthquake.

• Ocean

• Tsunami

• Island

• Plateau

Which of these natural disasters can humans prevent or eliminate?

• tsunamis

• earthquakes

• volcanos

• humans cannot prevent natural disasters