Exit Ticket - Weather, Climate, and Disasters

Weather is the ​ (a)   of the atmosphere at a particular location and time.

• answer option
• condition
• spatial
• environment
• climate

The climate is the ​ (a)   (b)   of weather in one area over a ​ (c)   period time.

• pattern
• long
• short
• average
• cycle
• daily

In your own words explain the difference between climate and weather.

Name two components of natural hazards.

• the physical event or process itself (like an earthquake or flood)

• long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns

• the damage or harm to people living in the affected area.

• the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity .

Label and Draw a picture of a natural disaster

______is not a natural disaster.

• A flood

• A tornado

• A volcanic eruption

• War

ARE EXAMPLES OF NATURAL DISASTERS:

• WATER AND AIR POLLUTION

• OIL SPILLS AND WATER CONTAMINATION

• VOLCANO ERUPTIONS

• SOME ENDANGERED ANIMAL SPECIES

TSUNAMI

• MAN-MADE DISASTER

• NATURAL DISASTER

• NATURAL AND MAN-MADE

Hurricane Katrina

• NATURAL DISASTER

• MAN-MADE DISASTER

• MAN-MADE AND NATURAL DISASTER

What city/town/place would you choose to live in?

What natural hazards does your city/town/place of choice have?

What factors did you take into consideration when choosing your city/town/place?

What type of information or data would be helpful when making a decision?

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