Natural Resources Review

Question 1

Natural Hazard

Answer 1

A natural event that has the possibility to cause damage.

Question 2

Natural Disaster

Answer 2

A natural hazard that affects human population.

Ex: volcano, earthquake, tsunami, etc

Question 3

4 Spheres of the Earth

Answer 3

Atmosphere-(air) gases surrounding the earth.
Lithosphere-(land) earths hard outer core.
Hydrosphere-(water) oceans, lakes, rivers, glaciers.
Biosphere-all living things and where they live.

Question 4

Volcano?

Answer 4

Allows hot lava to escape magma chamber.

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Question 5

Floods

Answer 5

An overflow of water submerged land that is usually dry.

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Question 6

Dust Devil

Answer 6

Strong, well formed, and relatively short lived whirlwind ranging from small to large.

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Question 7

Wildfire

Answer 7

Forest fire, bushfire, woodland fire or rural fire that is unplanned, uncontrollable, and unpredictable.

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Question 8

Earthquake

Answer 8

The shaking of the Earths surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the earths lithosphere.

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Question 9

Haboobs

Answer 9

Giant walls of dust created from high winds rushing out of a collapsing thunderstorm.

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Question 10

Landslides

Answer 10

The movement of a mass of rocks, debris, or earth down a slope.

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Question 11

Plagues/Pandemics

Answer 11

Plague is a disease that affects humans or other animals.
Pandemic is a plague of a whole country or world.

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Question 12

Pollution

Answer 12

The presence or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has a harmful or poisonous effect.

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Question 13

Blizzards

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A severe snowstorm characterized by strong sustained winds and low visibility.

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Avalanches

Answer 14

Rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain.

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Asteroid Impact

Answer 15

Astronomical object that impacts a surface (like the earth) causing measurable effects.

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Sinkholes

Answer 16

A hole in the ground that forms when water dissolves surface rock.

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Question 17

Locusts

Answer 17

A group of a certain kind of grasshopper in the Acrididae family. Usually solitary, but sometimes there are lots and they swarm areas and destroy crops.

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Question 18

Drought

Answer 18

A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.

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Question 19

Hurricanes

Answer 19

A tropical cyclone rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low pressure center, strong winds in a spiral arrangement with thunderstorms that originates in ocean.

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Tsunamis

Answer 20

A series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally occurring in ocean or large lakes.

Question 21

Tornadoes

Answer 21

A violently rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground.

Question 22

Lahar

Answer 22

A violent type of mudflow or debris flow composed of a slurry of rocks, debris and water.

Question 23

Cyclones

Answer 23

A large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure. (Volcano in the ocean)

Question 24

Red Tides

Answer 24

Occur when microscopic algae multiply to higher than normal concentrations, often discoloring the water.