Natural Hazards

Which of these is not considered a natural hazard?

• tornados, hurricanes

• floods, storms, tsunamis

• population decrease

• spread of a disease, meteorite

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

True of False: We can identify areas that Natural Disasters may occur

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

How do you determine something is a Natural Disaster instead of a Natural Hazard?

• Natural Disasters cause widespread injury, death, or property damage

• Natural Disasters are smaller that Natural Hazards

• Natural disasters only cover large areas

• Natural Hazards are larger than Natural Disasters

Geologic hazards are caused by geologic processes such as __________________ motion.

• ground

• ocean

• plate

• bowl

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

When heavy rain cannot soak into the ground it runs over Earth's surface and causes a ________________

• earthquake

• blizzard

• flood

• drought

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A ______________ is when too little rain causes the land to dry out, and plants are unable to get the water that they need.

• drought

• flood

• blizzard

• volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When groundwater dissolves rock below the surface, the ground can suddenly collapse and form a _________________

• flood

• sinkhole

• tsunami

• drought

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A _______________ is a powerful movement of ocean water after an earthquake, landslide, or an eruption.

• sinkhole

• drought

• flood

• tsunami

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What are the people called that determine when and where a storm will occur?

• Meteorologist

• seismologist

• Weather man

• Storm chaser

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which of these tells us how often an event occurs

• frequency

• magnitude