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What is the name and definition of this place?
A shelter is a place in which people who have lost homes can find clothing, a place to stay, and food for a longer period
It is a place in which people who have lost homes can find clothing, a place to stay, and food for a longer period
Shelter
What are some ways in which people could be prepared for a natural hazard?
1. Cities put salt on roads to stop ice from forming during winter storms. 2. Some places provide shelters where people can stay safe during or after a hazard.
What do scientists use to warn people when potential, or possible, hazards are likely to happen?
They use satellites and seismograms
Which natural hazards are difficult to predict?
Earthquakes, tsunamis, or landslides
Which natural hazards are easier to predict?
Hurricanes and volcanic eruptions
What are the long-term effects of volcanic eruptions??
1. Lava forms rock, which can only be removed by blasting. 2. Ash and debris may cover large areas. 3. Hot ash kills plants and animals caught by the eruption.
What are produced by volcanic eruptions?
Lava, ash, and debris
What is the difference between short-term effects and long-term effects?
Short term effects are immediate problems while long-term effects are problems that are difficult to fix and produce consequances during several years.
What are short term effects of eruptions, hurricanes, and tsunamis?
The destruction of cities, lands, and the environment. As well as the death of people.
Loss of crops, soil erosion, and difficulty feeding livestock are short term effects of ______________.
Drought
What is the name and definition of this natural hazard?
A drought is a long period of a very dry weather. No rains for months
A long period of a very dry weather. No rains for months.
Drought
What is the name and definition of this natural hazard?
Flood is a flow of water over land that is not normally covered with water
A flow of water over land that is not normally covered with water
Flood
What is the name and definition of this natural hazard?
A landslide is the sliding of rock and soil down a slope
The sliding of rock and soil down a slope
Landslide
What is the name and definition of this natural hazard?
Avalanche is the sudden sliding of snow, ice, and rock down a slope
It is the sudden sliding of snow, ice, and rock down a slope
Avalanche
What is the name and definition of this natural hazard?
A tornado is a funnel-shaped windstorm that reach from clouds all the way to the ground
It is a funnel-shaped windstorm that reach from clouds all the way to the ground
Tornado
What is the name and definition of this natural hazard?
A blizzard is snowstorm with high winds
It is a snowstorm with high winds
Blizzard
What is the name and definition of this natural hazard?
Hurricanes are formed in the ocean when the clouds carry massive amounts of water, which then falls as rain. As the storm gets stronger, wind speed increases
They are formed in the ocean when the clouds carry massive amounts of water, which then falls as rain. As the storm gets stronger, wind speed increases
Hurricanes
What is the name and definition of this natural hazard?
A volcano is an opening in Earth’s crust that allows super-heated materials from beneath the crust to reach the surface
It is an opening in Earth’s crust that allows super-heated materials from beneath the crust to reach the surface
Volcano
What is the name and definition of this natural hazard?
A tsunami is a series of huge ocean waves caused by an earthquake
It is a massive wave caused by an earthquake
Tsunami
What is the name and definition of this natural hazard?
A fault is a crack in the crust where the two sides slide past each other.
It is a crack in the crust where the two sides slide past each other
Fault
What is the name and definition of this natural hazard?
An earthquake happens when the ground shakes and splits open, damaging buildings and roadways
It happens when the ground shakes and splits open, damaging buildings and roadways
Earthquakes


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