Natural Disasters

What is a natural disaster?

• Are man-made events that can cause great damage.

• Earthquakes, spilling juice in the kitchen can cause great damage.

• Are natural events that can cause great damage.

• Are caused by cars, bikes, and skateboards that can cause great damage.

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What is a volcano?

• When someone eats too much and they let out a huge belch.

• An opening in the earth's crust that lets steaming hot water.

• It is an opening in the Earth that allows molten rock called magma from inside the earth to escape.

• One of the famous wrestlers from the World Wrestling Association.

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What is an earthquake?

• A sudden, violent shaking of the ground that sometimes causes great destruction.

• A sudden, violent shaking in your stomach when you eat too much.

• A sudden, violent shaking when two big trucks collide at great speeds.

• A sudden, violent shaking of the ground of a stampede of elephants.

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What is a tsunami?

• Are huge waves made by a wave machine that has been broken at Sesame Place.

• Are huge waves caused by too many people in a swimming pool.

• Are huge waves caused by an underwater volcanic eruption.

• Are huge waves caused by an abrupt movement in the ocean floor, often caused by an underwater earthquake.

What should homes be made of if you live near a volcano?

• You should try to sell your home at any price you can get and not mention that the volcano is not active.

• Homes should be made of stone since stones have a high melting temperature and can withstand a lot of heat.

• Your home should be made with the strongest wood possible.

• You should have your home made with the strongest metal possible like Iron Man.

A seismograph does what?

• An instrument used to track tornadoes.

• An instrument to record music.

• An instrument used to record hurricanes.

• An instrument used to record data about earthquakes.

What is magma?

• Extra hot sauce on cheese fries.

• Molten rock inside the earth.

• The result of melted glaciers.

• Hot boiling oil.

When designing a building in an earthquake area, the engineer/architect should consider what?

• An engineer should consider the costs

• How tall to make the building and the types of materials

• How much money do the people make to see if they can afford the rents

• If the building should allow pets

If you live near a volcano, what should be the shape of the roof?

• The shape of the roof should be square, so it can collect any volcanic ash.

• The roofs should be steep so the volcanic ash can slide off more easily.

• The roof should be retractable like they use in some football stadiums so it would matter what the shape of the roof is.

• The shape of the roof is not important in an area of volcanoes.

Since natural disasters can't always be accurately predicted we can

• accept whatever happens.

• sell our homes at whatever price we can get.

• have a power generator just in case you lose power.

• use science and engineering to come up with the best designs, strategies, and materials when creating a building or home in the event of a natural disaster.