Natural Disasters

This type of natural disaster occurs over warm ocean waters and has high winds, heavy rains, and flooding.

• Tornado

• Flood

• Landslide

• Hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This type of natural disaster occurs mainly in the summertime with wind speeds reaching up to 3oo mph. It is in the shape of a funnel cloud.

• Hurricane

• Mudslide

• Tornado

• Tsunami

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This type of natural disaster occurs when rocks, pebbles, dirt, and boulders fall from the top of a hill to the bottom due to rain or erosion.

• Tsunami

• Flood

• Landslide

• Mudslide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

This type of natural disaster occurs when excessive rain mixes with dirt and goes from the top of a hill to the bottom, washing out everything in its path.

• Landslide

• Mudslide

• Flood

• Hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

This type of natural disaster occurs when tectonic plates shift and release stress from within the earth's surface. Most of them are too insignificant to be felt by humans.

• Tsunami

• Landslide

• Earthquake

• Volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This type of natural disaster occurs when pressure within earth's surface shoots up with gases

and rock through the opening and fill the air with lava.

• Earthquake

• Volcano

• Hurricane

• Flood

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This type of natural disaster occurs when excessive rain over saturates the ground and spills out on top. This disaster results in the most loss of human life each year.

• Volcano

• Mudslide

• Flood

• Tornado

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What causes an Earthquake?

• Tectonic plates in the Earth moving and sliding.

• Giants racing across the Earth.

• Masses of people jumping up and down all at once.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is this natural disaster?

• Huricane

• Landslide

• Earthquake

• Avalanche

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What are tsunamis?

• giant waves caused by wind

• giant waves caused by animals

• giant waves caused by storms

• giant waves caused by underwater earthquakes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1