Fast and Curious: Natural Hazards (7th)

A numerical rating system that measures the energy, or magnitude, of the largest seismic waves produced by an earthquake

• Richter magnitude scale

• Moment magnitude scale

• Modified Mercalli intensity scale

• Landslide

rating scale that measures the energy released by an earthquake, taking into account the size of the fault that breaks, the motion that occurs along the fault, and the strength of the rocks that break during an earthquake.

• Richter magnitude scale

• Moment magnitude scale

• Modified Mercalli intensity scale

• Landslide

rating scale that measures earthquake intensity based on descriptions of the earthquake intensity based on descriptions of the earthquake's effects on people and structures.

• Richter magnitude scale

• Moment magnitude scale

• Modified Mercalli scale

• Landslide

Conversion of soil into a fluidlike mass during an earthquake or other seismic event.

• Liquefaction

• landslide

• tsunami

• hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

a wave that forms when an ocean disturbance suddenly moves a large volume of water.

• Tsunami

• Hurricane

• Flood

• Drought

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

rapid, downhill movement of soil, loose rocks, and boulders

• landslide

• tsunami

• hurricane

• drought

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

An intense tropical storm with winds exceeding 119 km/h

• Tsunami

• Hurricane

• Tornado

• Flood

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

a violent, whirling column of air in contact with the ground.

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Drought

• Flood

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

An event that occurs when a large volume of water covers land that is not normally under water.

• Flood

• Drought

• Tornado

• Hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A period of below-average preciptation

• Drought

• Flood

• Liquefaction

• Tsunami