Natural Hazard Predictions

Area in the Pacific Ocean where a large number of volcanoes & earthquakes occur.

The force exerted onto a surface by the weight of the air.

Uses instruments buried deep underground to measure tremors as they move up fault lines

Cracks in the Earth's crust causes by shifting tectonic plates

When rain exceeds the capacity of a drainage system.

Volcanic eruptions are predicable, scientist monitor

The data on the map would best support a prediction of which of the following events?

Instrument that measures the speed of the wind; or any current of gas

Hurricane Katrina & Hurricane Rita are different in what way?

Geologist who study earthquakes

Hurricane Katrina & Hurricane Rita are similar in what way?

An event in which rocks and/or mud slide down along a mountainside slope due to gravity

Instrument that measures atmospheric pressure.

Europes largest volcano

A force resulting from processes occurring within the Earth's crust.

An expert in or student of meteorology; a weather forecaster.

A map that displays various meteorological features used to forecast the weather

Events occurring due to natural processes.

Which US fault line is the most monitored?

A long high wave caused by an earthquake, an underwater landslide, or other disturbance

When hot lava and/or ash begins coming out of a volcano

What conditions must be present for a hurricane to form?

When/where the ground swells as magma rises

The prediction of what the weather will be like in the near future.

What is the best summary about hurricanes?

Why can a hurricane cause so much destruction?

Which of the following cities is most likely to experience a tornado with rating F3 or greater?

A mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds.

A boundary separating 2 masses of different air densities & causes events in the tropics

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