Natural Disasters

Match the following

• earthquake

• tropical storms that form in the Atlantic Ocean with wind speeds of at least 119 kilometers (74 miles) per hour.

• hurricane

• a violently rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground.

• tsunami

• a series of ocean waves that sends surges of water, sometimes reaching heights of over 100 feet (30.5 meters), onto land.

• tornado

• a sudden shaking of Earth's surface caused by the movement of rocks deep underneath.

• drought

• a period of time when an area or region experiences below-normal precipitation.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What are some positive and negative effects on areas impacted by a natural event such as fires?

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Match the following

• famine

• an opening in a planet or moon's crust through which molten rock and gases trapped under the surface erupt, often forming a hill or mountain.

• wildfires

• unplanned fires that occur in wildlands such as forest, rangelands or grasslands.

• flood

• a widespread condition in which many people in a country or region are unable to access adequate food supplies.

  
  

• plague

• happens when water overflows or soaks land that is normally dry.

• volcano

• infectious disease that affects animals and humans.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

How can regional changes in the environment have a global effect?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Match the following

• temperature inversion

• a condition in which air closer to the Earth's surface is cooler, denser and heavier than the air higher up.

• tectonic movement

• a change in the number of members of a certain plant or animal species in a particular location during a particular time period.

• population growth

• a climate pattern that describes the cooling of surface-ocean water along the tropical west coast of South America.

• El Nino

• a climate pattern that describes the unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

• La nina

• a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What are some positive and negative effects on areas impacted by natural events like flooding?

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What kind of impact does temperature inversions have on global warming?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of impact does temperature inversions have on changes in ocean currents and surface temperatures?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6