HMH ModG;L1 Natural Hazards

What is the primary cause of earthquakes?

• Meteorite impacts

• Global warming

• Volcanic eruptions

• Movement of tectonic plates

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A naturally occurring even that can have a negative effect on humans or the environment is called a/an

• natural disaster

• Barometers

• Richter scale

• natural hazard

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A volcano that is likely to never erupt again is considered to be

• active

• dormant

• extinct

Examples of Natural hazards include

• wildfires, avalanches, and floods

• tsunamis and hurricanes

• converging plate boundaries

• the Ring of Fire

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A natural hazard has become a natural disaster when

• widespread property damage has occurred

• a hurricane has been identified out in the ocean

• widespread injury &/or death has occured

• a volcanic eruption takes place under the ocean

Which are examples of geologic hazards:

• blizzards and droughts

• tornadoes and hurricanes

• floods and lightning

• landslides, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A volcano that has not erupted in the past 10,000 years is said to be

• active

• dormant

• extinct

Too much rain can cause ________; too little rain can cause ________.

• floods; drought

• wildfires; flooding

• high winds; lightning

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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Historical data from past natural hazards helps us

• know exactly where a tornado will form

• see patterns in hazards occurrences

• know the extact moment a volcano will erupt

• understand causes and effects of natural hazards

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What are the potential dangers of a volcanic eruption?

• Tornadoes, hurricanes, and blizzards

• Droughts, wildfires, and heatwaves

• Earthquakes, tsunamis, and floods

• Lava flows, ashfall, pyroclastic flows, and lahars

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2