Causes and Impacts of Natural Disasters
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Objective
I can analyze the causes and impacts of natural disasters.
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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Natural disasters are extreme natural events that cause significant damage to ecosystems, infrastructure, and human populations.
- 2
Geological disasters like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions result from plate tectonics, while meteorological events such as hurricanes are driven by atmospheric conditions and energy transfers.
- 3
The impacts of natural disasters are far-reaching, causing habitat destruction environmentally, immense property damage economically, and loss of life socially.
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Practice
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What is the primary geological process that leads to earthquakes?
Which of the following categories do blizzards belong to?
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“Based on the reading passage, explain how hurricanes form and describe three distinct categories of impacts they can have on human populations and the environment. Your answer must be AT LEAST 5 complete sentences. ”
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