Natural Disasters and Atmosphere----Weidert
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- 3. ability to withstand and recrover from a natural disaster
- 5. only atmospheric layer with weather and clouds
- 7. opening in earth crust where lava can escape from
- 11. natrual process that has a potential to cause dstrction
- 12. earthquakes are this type of disaster
- 14. disasters involving water
- 15. a major cause of inflation after a natural disaster
- 16. you can die from this in a thunderstomr
- 17. most likely cause of death from thunderstorms
- 20. are becoming more common due to drought
- 23. EVENTS FROM NATRUAL PROCESSAS THAT HARM HUMAN LIFE
- 24. scale in which hurricanes are rated
- 26. susceptibility to the damaging effects of a hazard
- 28. hottest layer of the atmosphere
- 29. snow sliding down a mountain
- 30. blocks some of UV B rays from
- 33. used by radios to bounces signals off of
- 35. layer of gases around Earth
- 36. storm that can produce lightning
- 37. scale in which tornados are rated
- 38. atmospheric layer that contains the ozone layer
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- 1. amount of water inthe atmosphere
- 2. hurricanes and tornadoes are this type of disaster
- 4. most common gas in the atmosphere
- 5. small rotating windstorm found in some thunderstorms
- 6. large wave typically caused by an earthquake
- 8. from 0-10 how we measure earthquakes
- 9. caused by massive rainfall or earthquakes
- 10. large "floating" land mass
- 13. makes up 21% of the atmosphere
- 18. long period of time without water
- 19. tool used to detect earthquakes
- 21. molten rock below the surface
- 22. sirens, forecasts, and forced evacutations
- 25. force exerted by air on the land below it
- 27. molten rock escaping Earth's surface
- 31. layer of atmospher closest to outer space
- 32. massive storm that covers many miles with winds in excess of 74 mph
- 34. sudden movement of tectonic plates