Vocabulary Check Natural Disasters

Name the natural disaster

• Landslide

• Avalanche

• Tsunami

• hurricane

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Name this natural disaster

• Volcano

• Wildfire

• Landslide

• Tsunami

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

--- happens during heavy rains, when rivers overflow or when snow melts.

• natural disaster

• hurricane

• tornado

• flash floods

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What are some examples of natural disasters?

• Burning fossil fuels, clearing land/forests for agriculture

• evidence of climate change

• the gases created from the burning trap the sun's heat and make the Earth warmer.

• Floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, droughts, wildfires, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, blizzard

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which term describes a violent, usually destructive, natural occurrence?

• Disaster

• Earthquake

• Storm

• Eruption

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What do we call the area inside a hurricane that is calm?

• the eye

• the mouth

• the hole

• the rain bands

When hurricanes push water onto the shore, it is called ______.

• a tornado

• a tsunami

• wind surge

• storm surge

• flood

• volcan

• storm

• earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the term for a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, often causing great destruction?

• Earthquake

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Flood

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which natural disaster is characterized by a rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground?

• Tornado

• Earthquake

• Hurricane

• Flood

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5