Natural Disasters

Which is not a natural disaster?

• plane crash

• tsunami

• storm

A long period of dry weather and not enough water

• drought

• forest fire

• famine

What are tsunamis?

• giant waves caused by wind

• giant waves caused by animals

• giant waves caused by storms

• giant waves caused by underwater earthquakes

Natural disasters like tornadoes and floods are caused by weather but natural disasters like volcanoes and earthquakes are caused by...

• the Sun

• movement of tectonic plates

• water

• the Earth moving around the Sun

What is this image depicting?

• sun

• forest fire

• heat wave

Choose the image that shows a flood

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What causes an Earthquake?

• Tectonic plates in the Earth moving and sliding.

• Giants racing across the Earth.

• Masses of people jumping up and down all at once.

Tsunamis are caused by...

• underwater Earthquakes that create large ripples in the water that eventually push out into land.

• heavy rainfall for a long period of time

• someone doing a huge cannon ball in the middle of the ocean.

What is this?

• blizzard

• avalanche

• landslide

• drought

What is the molten rock from a volcano called BEFORE it erupts at the Earth's surface?

• rockslide

• fire

• magma

• lava