Natural Disaster Types Review

Match the following Meteorological Disasters.

• Heavy rain that creates an overflow of runoff

• Flash floods

• Prolonged period without water; causes water shortages

• Droughts

• form over warm waters

• Tornadoes

• form over warm lands

• Hurricanes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

______________ is a type of disaster caused by extreme weather or climate conditions.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Select all of the Meteorological Disasters.

• Meteors

• Droughts

• Floods

• Contaminated Groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

______________ is a type of disaster caused by the movement of tectonic plates.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Match the following Geological Disasters.

• layer of Earth that constantly moves and sits on Magma

• Volcanoes

• Earth's layers get stuck and jolt back into place causing visible shaking

• Tectonic Plates

• Earth's layers move on top of each other in the ocean causing water to swing back-forth

• Earthquakes

• excess of magma between Earth's layers causes an eruption

• Tsunamis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Select all of the Geological Disasters.

• Hurricanes

• Volcanoes

• Tsunamis

• Tornadoes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Select all of the Biological Disasters.

• Floods

• Earthquakes

• West Nile Virus

• COVID-19

______________ is a type of disaster caused by the spread of diseases on a large scale.

Select all of the Natural Disaster Types.

• Meteorological

• Geographical

• Geological

• Metrological

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Match the following Biological Disasters.

• disease that spreads worldwide by a mutating virus

• Epidemic

• action of disease spreading worldwide

• Pandemic

• action of disease spreading in a specific region

• West Nile Virus

• disease that spreads in a certain region by mosquitos

• COVID-19