NATURAL DISASTER

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

• Drought
• Tornado
• Earthquake
• Hurricane

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

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

• Flood
• Blizzards
• Drought
• Hurricane

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

Which natural disaster is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer?

• Sinkhole
• Drought
• Hurricane
• Thunderstorm

Giant ocean-going waves that are caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruptions are called?

• hurricanes

• volcanoes

• tsunamis

• tornadoes

If an earthquake begins to happen, the safest place to be is:

• underground

• in a doorway

• next to a window

• laying on the floor

Long period of time without rain

• Wildfire

• Drought

• Thunderstorm

• Flood

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Snowstorms with high winds, low temperatures, and driving snow.

• Avalanche

• Tsunami

• Blizzard

• Earthquake

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Warm, moist air mixes with cool dry air

• Hurricane

• Tsunami

• Tornado

• Thunderstorm

We cannot predict the exact moment a natural disaster will occur, but we do know...

• what day they will happen on

• how big the natural disaster will be

• where the natural disaster is likely to occur

• how many people will be killed in the natural disaster

Volcanoes are...

• just as likely to happen in the middle of a continent as they are on the coast

• more likely to happen on the coast of a continent

• randomly popping up in all parts of the continents

• never found in the ocean