Nataural Hazards Part 1

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20 questions
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Natural Hazards may negatively effect humans

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What are some natural hazards that are a result of things happening on the interior of the earth? <Selct the 2 answers that apply>

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What are some natural hazards that are a result of things happening on the surface of the earth? <Selct the 3 answers that apply>

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Which of these is not an atmospheric hazard

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What is a catastophe?

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According to paragraph 4 sentence 3, can catastrophic events occur anywhere? <select the best answer>

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What is the most common natural hazard?

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According to paragraph 5, In which instances could a flood occur? <Select the 2 answers that apply>

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What does the word excess means from paragraph 5 sentence 5

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Where do hurricane storms form

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Warm air rises and cool are sinks according to convection

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What does warm moist air remove that creates an area of low pressure as hurricanes form?

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Why does more warm air continue to rise?

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Warm air rising and cooling over and over in a hurricane occurs like a _______ and this continues to build the hurricane!!!

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Moisture in the air creates what as it cools

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What is the center of a hurricane called?

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On land, a hurricane is no longer powered by __________ so it slowly weakens

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What types of damages can hurricanes cause? <Select all the apply>

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How do scientists classify hurricanes? <select all that apply>

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Tom Holland built a house next to the coast of Tahiti. Yesterday, Tom's house was completely ripped apart. The helocopter that was tracking the hurricane that ripped apart Tom's home was going the same wind speed as the hurricane, 121 miles per hour. What category hurricane was the hurricane that ripped apart Tom Hollands home according to the Saffir-Simpson Scale above?