Natural Hazards - OL (24-25)

Rocks and soil are weakened by weathering and move very quickly downhill.

• Landslide

• Tornado

• Earthquake

• Volcano

• Flood

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Tectonic plates build up energy as they try to move past each other. When that energy is released suddenly, it causes ________.

• Hurricanes

• Landslides

• Earthquakes

• Tornadoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Too much rain can cause rivers and lakes to overflow. This causes:

• Hurricanes

• Floods

• Earthquakes

• Tornadoes

• Droughts

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A _____ is fast moving, column of swirling wind that forms during severe thunderstorms.

• Hurricane

• Earthquake

• Tornado

• Flood

• Blizzard

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Very large storms with strong wind and rain that form over warm ocean waters.

• Hurricane

• Tornado

• Landslide

• Tsunami

• Flash Flood

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A natural hazard can be _______ by humans.

• Eliminated

• Mitigated

• Prevented

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Reorder the following Natural Hazards from most predictable (1) to most UNpredictable (4).

• Drought

• Hurricane

• Tsunami

• Earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What do you call a tool that measure earthquakes?

• scale

• seismograph

• earthquake monitor

• Richter scale

Why do so many volcanoes and earthquakes happen along plate boundaries?

• plates move and shift
• bad weather in these areas
• coincidence
• none of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Match the following

• Floods

• Magma beneath the Earth's is forced up to the surface

• Volcanoes

• Too much rain forces streams, rivers, and lakes to overflow

• Hurricanes

• Moving Plates get stuck and build up energy that is released quickly

• Earthquakes

• Fast spinnng columns of air that form in severe thunderstorms on land

• Tornadoes

• Huge spinning storms with high winds and heavy rains that form over warm ocean waters

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5