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    Natural Disasters Worksheet

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    This document discusses natural disasters and provides definitions and descriptions of different types of natural disasters including hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, droughts, volcanic eruptions, avalanches, wildfires. It asks students to complete definitions, match definitions to pictures, complete a word grid puzzle, fill in blanks with correct verb tenses, and complete a listening exercise and writing exercise about earthquakes and safety during earthquakes.

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    Natural Disasters Worksheet

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    This document discusses natural disasters and provides definitions and descriptions of different types of natural disasters including hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, droughts, volcanic eruptions, avalanches, wildfires. It asks students to complete definitions, match definitions to pictures, complete a word grid puzzle, fill in blanks with correct verb tenses, and complete a listening exercise and writing exercise about earthquakes and safety during earthquakes.

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    This document discusses natural disasters and provides definitions and descriptions of different types of natural disasters including hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, droughts, volcanic eruptions, avalanches, wildfires. It asks students to complete definitions, match definitions to pictures, complete a word grid puzzle, fill in blanks with correct verb tenses, and complete a listening exercise and writing exercise about earthquakes and safety during earthquakes.

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    Natural Disasters Worksheet

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    Wainer Rodríguez Rodríguez
    This document discusses natural disasters and provides definitions and descriptions of different types of natural disasters including hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, droughts, volcanic eruptions, avalanches, wildfires. It asks students to complete definitions, match definitions to pictures, complete a word grid puzzle, fill in blanks with correct verb tenses, and complete a listening exercise and writing exercise about earthquakes and safety during earthquakes.

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    A. What are these natural disasters called?

    Complete the
    following definitions with these words or expressions.
    Then match each definition to the correct picture.

    1. ________ - an extremely violent wind storm consisting of


    air that spins around very fast.
    2. _________ - a long period with little or no rain.
    3. _________ - a sudden shaking of the ground.
    4. _________ - large amount of water that covers an area of
    land which is usually dry.
    5. _________ - a huge wave caused by an earthquake which
    flows onto land.
    6. _________ - an extremely violent wind or storm.
    7. _________ - melted rocks and gases expelled with great
    force by a mountain.
    8. _________ - a large mass of snow falling down the side of
    a mountain.
    9. _________ - a mass of earth and rocks sliding down the
    side of a mountain or cliff.
    10._________ - heavy fires destroying forests.

    B. Complete this word grid. What’s the hidden word?


    11

    22

    33

    44

    55

    66

    77

    1. The waves of the ________ were so huge that destroyed


    everything on the beach.
    2. The river burst its banks and __________ the village.
    3. The ________ shook all the city.
    4. They decided not to go down south because it’s _____
    _____ season.
    5. The skiers were stuck in the mountains after the _____
    _______.
    6. Due to the ____________ the farmers could not water their
    crops and they withered.
    7. Due to tropical storms, a ___________ is threatening the
    western part of the country.

    C. Complete the blanks with the verbs in the list. Mind


    the tenses.

    1. The earthquake _______ a landslide that destroyed many cities.


    2. The volcano ________ and destroyed the entire town.
    3. The earthquake caused the bridge to _________.
    4. The factory explosion seriously _________ the atmosphere.
    5. Lightning _________ the barn and it burst into flames.
    D. Listening:
    Listen and complete the chart answering the questions based on the information given in the AUDIOS.

    First Audio: Natural Disasters_Intro & Hurricanes. Second Audio: Natural Disasters_Flood

    Questions Hurricanes Floods

    What are they?

    Why do they happen?

    Where do they happen?

    How do they affect


    people?

    What can people do?

    D. Writing:

    Write three setences stating 3 things you MUST do during an Earthquake:

    1. ____________________________________________________________.

    2. ____________________________________________________________.

    3. ____________________________________________________________.

    Write three setences stating 3 things you MUST NOT do during an Earthquake:

    1. ____________________________________________________________.

    2. ____________________________________________________________.

    3. ____________________________________________________________.

    Student:______________________________________ Group:________________

    CTP CARRIZAL –Teacher Wainer Rodríguez

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