Studies Weekly 19 Natural Hazards

_________ is when something in nature threatens to have negative outcomes on humans.

• A disaster

• A natural event

• A natural hazard

• A weather event

When these negative effects happen and harm people, we call them _________.

• natural hazards

• unnatural hazards

• natural disasters

• unnatural disasters

Sometimes the regions people choose have built-in dangers in their _______.

• atmosphere

• environments

• fault lines

• structures

Fault lines, volcanoes, and sinkholes are examples of how the Earth's ________ can be hazardous.

• atmosphere

• water

• surface

• core

Blizzards, ice storms, and heat waves are examples of _________.

• severe weather

• calm weather

• fault lines

• damage

Blizzards are dangerous because the wind ______.

• lowers the temperature

• freezes water

• causes floods

• blows the snow around

This limits our ability to _____ and _______.

(Choose 2)

• build a snowman

• see

• get around

• hear

An ice storm is dangerous because ________.

• the warm rain melts ice

• trees and power lines break under the extra weight of the ice

• winds blow in excess of 35mph or more

Ice storms can also cause _________.

• power outages

• heavy rains

• droughts

• hurricanes

A _________ is a long period of time when the temperature is unusually hot.

• hurricane

• tornado

• drought

• heat wave