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Natural Hazards
Review of vocab and content
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| natural hazard | a sudden and terrible event in nature (such as a hurricane, tornado, or flood) that usually results in serious damage and many deaths |
| tsunami | a huge wave caused by an earthquake in the ocean, or a landslide, or a volcanic eruption |
| magnitude | the strength of an earthquake/the amount of energy released during an earthquake |
| epicenter | the point on Earth's surface directly above where the earthquake originates |
| amplitude | the height of a wave |
| displacement | the difference between somethings original place and it's new place after an event (for us, how much the water is moved during an underwater earthquake) |
| seismometer | a device that detects an earthquake |
| tsunameter | a device that detects tsunamis |
| stakeholder | a person or group of people who have an interest or concern in something |
| system | a group of things working together to do one job |
| subsystem | a smaller part of a system |
| tornado | a violent destructive whirling wind accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud that progresses in a narrow path over the land |
| hurricane | an extremely large, powerful, and destructive storm with very strong winds that occurs especially in the western part of the Atlantic Ocean |
| hailstorm | a storm accompanied by hail |
| freezing rain | rain that freezes upon contact with a surface (such as the ground) |
| severe thunderstorm | a storm accompanied by lightning and thunder |
| flood | a rising and overflowing of a body of water especially onto normally dry land |
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