Natural Hazards Vocab

the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.

• weather

• climate

• tornado

• hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, causing an absence of water

• weather

• climate

• tsunami

• drought

the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.

• fault line

• epicenter

• richter scale

• tectonic plates

a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.

• epicenter

• earthquake

• fault line

• tectonic plates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

a line on a rock surface or the ground that traces a geological fault.

• earthquake

• epicenter

• fault line

• tectonic plates

a scale of tornado severity with numbers from 0 to 6, based on the degree of observed damage.

• richter scale

• fujita scale

• subduction zone

• fault line

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

a sudden, local flood, typically due to heavy rain

• hurricane

• tsunami

• flash flood

• levee

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.

• tornado

• tsunami

• flash flood

• hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river.

• levee

• mitigate

• seismic waves

• subduction zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

a mass of mud and other earthy material that is falling or has fallen down a hillside or other slope.

• mass wasting (mudslides)

• tsunami

• earthquake

• volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2