Hazards 2

An earthquake is usually caused by a _________.

• glacier
• landslide
• very large storm
• a movement along a fault

What is a volcano? 

• a chemical reaction that produces fire
• a valley under the ocean
• an atmospheric condition
• an opening in Earth’s crust

What measures the waves of earthquakes?

• seismic wave
• seismograph
• seismology
• a scientist

How do earthquakes and volcanoes shape land?

• weathering and erosion can change the land
• build up the land
• destroy things, but they can also build up the land
• break down the land

What is a huge wave made by an underwater earthquake?

• hurricane
• tsunami

What is a tropical storm?

• a great flow of water over land that is usually dry
• rotating storm with low pressure at its center that can turn into a hurricane

What do huricanes often bring?

• snow
• flooding
• an eye
• southern moving wind

What ways to volcanoes effect our enviornment?

• destroy plants, harm animals, pollute the air, give nutrients to plants
• destroy buildings and nature

Rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault causing tectonic movement, causing what natural hazard? 

• Volcanic Eruption 
• Cyclone
• Earthquake
• Hurricane

What is the difference between a natural hazard and a natural disaster? 

• They are exactly the same 
• A hazard is what could happen, a disaster is after it has an impact on humans
• I disaster is what could happen, a hazard is after it has an impact on humans 
• Hurricanes and tsunamis are natural disasters, but earthquakes and volcanoes are hazards