Unit 4 Vocabulary: Natural Disasters

What is a natural disaster?

• A minor event caused by human activities.

• A major event that happens because of the natural processes of the Earth.

• A planned event organized by humans.

• A small event with no significant impact.

What is a geological disaster?

• A) A natural disaster caused by changes on the surface of the Earth.

• B) A natural disaster caused by changes within the Earth's water.

• C) A natural disaster caused by changes in the atmosphere.

• D) A natural disaster caused by human activities.

What is a hydrological disaster?

• A natural disaster caused by changes on the surface of the Earth.

• A natural disaster caused by changes within the Earth's water.

• A natural disaster caused by changes in the atmosphere.

• A natural disaster caused by human activities.

What are Meteorological Disasters?

• Natural Disasters caused by weather conditions.

• Disasters caused by Humans.

• Disasters caused by animals.

• Disasters caused by technology.

What are Human Disasters?

• Natural Disasters caused by weather conditions.

• Disasters caused by Humans, each can be avoided.

• Disasters caused by animals.

• Disasters caused by technology.

What is the meaning of the word 'Impact'?

• A) A type of fruit

• B) The result of something happening; the effect

• C) A kind of dance

• D) A musical instrument

What is a landslide?

•  sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff

• very little or no rainfall over a long period of time

• very large, high wave in the ocean usually caused by an earthquake

• a violent and destructive storm in which powerful winds move around a central point called the "eye of the storm"

What is a drought?

•  sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff

• very little or no rainfall over a long period of time

• very large, high wave in the ocean usually caused by an earthquake

• a violent and destructive storm in which powerful winds move around a central point called the "eye of the storm"

What is a tsunami?

•  sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff

• very little or no rainfall over a long period of time

• very large, high wave in the ocean usually caused by an earthquake

• a violent and destructive storm in which powerful winds move around a central point called the "eye of the storm"

What is a hurricane?

•  sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff

• very little or no rainfall over a long period of time

• very large, high wave in the ocean usually caused by an earthquake

• a violent and destructive storm in which powerful winds move around a central point called the "eye of the storm"