Natural Disasters

A natural event that can cause great damage.

• Natural Disaster

• Earthquake

• Tornado

• Tectonic Plates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A shifting of tectonic plates causing breaking of rock and movement of the Earth’s surface, sometimes causing severe destruction to property.

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Tectonic Plates

• Earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Fragments of Earth’s crust that interact with one another causing various geologic events like volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis.

• Tsunami

• Earthquake

• Seismologist

• Tectonic Plates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A series of huge waves that rush onshore resulting from an earthquake occurring at the ocean floor.

• Tsunami

• Earthquake

• Hurricane

• Ocean Trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A rapidly rotating column of air that occurs when cold air masses and hot air masses collide, causing patterns of circulating air to move at high speeds.

• Hurricance

• Tornado

• Gale Force Winds

• Tsunami

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A large, rapidly rotating storm system that begins over warm water, usually in tropical or subtropical areas, causing high winds, heavy rain, and severe thunderstorms.

• Blizzard

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• High Pressure System

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match the following

• A scientist who studies volcanoes and collects data to understand how volcanoes work.

• Meteorologist

• A scientist who measures atmospheric conditions: temp, wind speed, etc

• Volanologist

• A scientist who studies earthquakes.

• Seismologist

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A scientific instrument that measures the size of waves produced from earthquakes.

• Aneomoeter

• Telegraph

• Barometer

• Seismograph

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1