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Natural Disasters
Predicting Natural Disasters
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Natural Disaster | A natural event that can cause great damage. |
| Earthquake | A shifting of tectonic plates causing breaking of rock and movement of the Earth’s surface, sometimes causing severe destruction to property. |
| Tectonic Plates | Fragments of Earth’s crust that interact with one another causing various geologic events like volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis. |
| Tsunami | A series of huge waves that rush onshore resulting from an earthquake occurring at the ocean floor. |
| Tornado | A rapidly rotating column of air that occurs when cold air masses and hot air masses collide, causing patterns of circulating air to move at high speeds. |
| Hurricane | A large, rapidly rotating storm system that begins over warm water, usually in tropical or subtropical areas, causing high winds, heavy rain, and severe thunderstorms. |
| Seismologist | A scientist who studies earthquakes. |
| Seismograph | A scientific instrument that measures the size of waves produced from earthquakes. |
| Volcanologist | A scientist who studies volcanoes and collects data to understand how volcanoes work and uses data to predict when they may erupt. |
| Meteorologist | A scientist who measures atmospheric conditions like temperature, wind speed, and air pressure to predict weather events in large geographic areas. |
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