Natural Hazard Locations

What natural hazard occurs on slopes, hills, and mountainsides?

• earthquakes

• tornado

• lanslides

• hurricanes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Where would a landslide most likely occur?

• Appalachian Mountains

• plains

• coastal citites

• dessert

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Where would a hurricane most likely occur?

• Appalachian Mountains

• plains

• coastal citites

• dessert

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Where would flooding most likely occur?

• Appalachian Mountains

• California

• coastal citites

• dessert

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Where would a wildfire most likely occur?

• Appalachian Mountains

• California

• coastal citites

• dessert

Where would a tornado most likely occur?

• Appalachian Mountains

• California

• where a cold air mass meets a warm air mass

• where it is always cold

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Where would an earthquake most likely occur?

• way from plate boundaries

• at plate boundaries

• where a cold air mass meets a warm air mass

• where it is always cold

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Where would a volcano most likely occur?

• where convection currents have died

• along the boundaries that surround the Pacific Plate

• near sedimentary rock formations

• where it is always cold

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The boundaries of which plate form the Ring of Fire?

• Pacific

• Atlantic

• North American

• Eurasian

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What hazard would most likely occur where the yellow star is located?

• hurricane

• tornado

• landslides

• earthquakes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6