8 Sci Natural Hazards ESS 3-2

A large destructive wave crashes into a coastal community in India.

• Drought

• Earthquake

• Heat Wave

• Tsunami

• Wildfire

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

No precipitation in a local county leads to an extended period of low amounts of moisture in the soil.

• Drought

• Earthquake

• Heat Wave

• Tsunami

• Wildfire

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The land along the Enriquillo Fault slips causing seismic waves to destroy infrastructure.

• Drought

• Earthquake

• Heat Wave

• Tsunami

• Wildfire

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A county in Georgia has a 5 day period of high heat and humidity due to high pressure in the upper atmosphere.

• Drought

• Earthquake

• Heat Wave

• Tsunami

• Wildfire

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Fireworks deployed in a dry forest in an Oregon county spark flames that burn many square miles.

• Drought

• Earthquake

• Heat Wave

• Tsunami

• Wildfire

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A combination of very cold temperatures, large amounts of frozen precipitation, and high winds shut down a county in Colorado.

• Flooding

• Hurricane

• Thunderstorm

• Tornado

• Winter Storm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Water inundates an area when heavy rains fall for several days causing streams and creeks to rise beyond their banks.

• Flooding

• Hurricane

• Thunderstorm

• Tornado

• Winter Storm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Cumulonimbus clouds create an updraft, precipitation, and discharges of static electricity.

• Flooding

• Hurricane

• Thunderstorm

• Tornado

• Winter Storm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A 200+ mile per hour vortex of winds destroys a several homes in a subdivision of a North Texas county.

• Flooding

• Hurricane

• Thunderstorm

• Tornado

• Winter Storm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

In the Southern Gulf of Mexico, a tropical depression with high winds and a storm surge strengthens to over 74 mph winds.

• Flooding

• Hurricane

• Thunderstorm

• Tornado

• Winter Storm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2