Natural Disasters

Wildfires spread in areas that are...

• wet
• dry
• cold
• Snowy

What causes a tsunami?

• Earthquake on land
• Hurricanes
• High winds
• Earthquake on the sea floor

Earthquakes take place where...

• water meets land
• middle schoolers dance
• tectonic plates meet.
• theres a lot of snow.

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Earthquakes are measured with a ...

• Richter Scale
• Seismic Scale 
• Here Comes the Big One Scale
• Oh Golly Miss Molly Scale

Which natural disaster is a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground?

• Drought
• Tornado
• Earthquake
• Hurricane

Which natural disaster is a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water resulting from this?

• Flood
• Blizzards
• Drought
• Hurricane

Which natural disaster is the sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff?

• Landslide
• Tsunami 
• Thunderstorm
• Tornado 

Which natural disaster is a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean?

• Tornado
• Hurricane
• Blizzards
• Landslide

Which natural disaster is an overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is normally dry land?

• Tsunami 
• Drought
• Tornado
• Flooding

Which natural disaster is a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush?

• Wildfire
• Drought
• Tasunami
• Hurricane