Predicting Natural Disasters

Form above oceans with warm water

• Tsunami

• Hurricane

• Earthquake

• Flood

What is this?

• hurricane

• ice

• lightning

The _____ are triggered by natural forces.

• Current

• Fair

• Natural disasters

• Fountain

Heavy rainfall,melting of snow, tropical cyclones, cloudburst results in

• Earth quake

• Flood

• Tsunami

• Erosion

A long period of dry weather and not enough water

• drought

• forest fire

• famine

An unusually large 
sea wave produced 
by a sea quake
or undersea volcanic eruption
Japan must worry about the possibility of a _________. 

• Collapse 

• Flood

• Wavequake

• Tsunami 

A violent, tropical, 
cyclonic storm of 
the western North 
Atlantic.
We had to put wood over our windows because the ______ might have broken them. 

• Sea Storm 

• Tsunami 

• Waves

• Hurricane

A disaster when a lot of snow moves quickly down a mountain.

• aftershock

• famine

• flood

• avalanche

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

• A) Tornado

• B) Tsunami

• C) Earthquake

• D) Flood

What is the primary cause of earthquakes?

• A) Volcanic eruptions

• B) Tectonic plate movements

• C) Heavy rainfall

• D) Strong winds