Natural Disaster Vocab Quiz

A prolonged period of abnormally, low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.​ ​ (a)  

• Drought
• Earth's Crust
• Magma
• Earth's Plate
• Volcano
• Tsunami
• Natural Disaster
• Earthquake
• Seismograph

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An instrument used to record data about earthquakes.​ (a)  

• Seismograph
• Tsunami
• Volcano
• Magma

A sudden, violent shaking of the ground caused by movement of giant plates in the earth's crust.

• Natural Disaster

• Magma

• Earthquake

• Earth's Plates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Natural events that can cause great damage.

• Tsunami

• Magma

• Earth's Plates

• Natural Disaster

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A huge ocean wave causes by a disturbance in the ocean floor. Usually caused by an underwater earthquake.

• Seismograph

• Magma

• Tsunami

• Volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Large, moving slabs of rock that make up the planets outer layer.

• Earth's Plates

• Drought

• Earth's Crust

• Magma

An opening on Earth's surface that allows molten rock, called magma, to escape from inside the earth.

• Earth's Plates

• Drought

• Earth's Crust

• Volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The outermost layer of the planet.

• Earthquake

• Magma

• Earth's Crust

• Earth's Plates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Molten rock inside the earth.

• Magma

• Drought

• Earthquake

• Volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1