Natural disasters

What is a natural disaster?

• A natural event that causes great damage or loss of life.

• Geological hazards

• Meteorological hazards

• A natural event

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which event is a meteorological hazard?

• Tornado

• Earthquake

• Volcano

• Tsunami

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Is this (drought) a Geological hazard?

• Yes

• No

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Is this (cyclon) a meteorological hazard?

• Yes

• No

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What causes natural hazards?

• Geological and Meteorological changes

• Nothing, they just happen

• People

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What changes does this tectonic plate movement cause?

• New tectonic plates to form and volcanos.

• Mountains

• Earthquakes

What problems does this tectonic plate movement cause?

• Meteorological hazards

• Earthquakes and cracks in the earth

• Floods

• Mountains to form

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What effects will this tectonic plate movement have on the earth's surface?

• Mountains will form

• Nothing

• Volcanos will form

• The ground will move apart

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which is the correct definition of weather?

• Rain, sun and clouds

• Short-term changes in the atmosphere

• What the weather is like over a long period of time.

• something that happens in the sky

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which is the correct definition of climate?

• Not sure

• Short-term changes in the atmosphere

• Something that happens everywhere

• What the weather is like over a long period of time.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4