1. NATURAL DISASTERS Vocabulary activities

2. 1-Choose two words for this picture: Drought / tornado / tsunami / dry / wet

3. 2-Change the words in bold for the correct ones: Tornado Katrina hit southern United States in 2004. The effects in New York (Louisiana) were devastating.

4. 3-Find the word that doesn’t belong Hot / forest fire / flood / deforestation / burn

6. 5-Match a disaster with a description below: The ground was moving under our feet. Drought, earthquake, flood, fire, snowstorm ? Chile, February 2010

7. 6-Change the words in bold for the correct ones: Hot snow was coming down the building. This volcanic eruption took place in Ireland in April 2011. The ash cloud stopped the European Air Traffic and many flights were cancelled.

8. 7-Match Volcanic Forest Ocean Thunder Burning Devastating Snow Cold Fire Storm Trees Consequences Weather Storm Eruption Tsunami

9. 8-Choose two words for this picture: Windy / sunny / earthquake / hurricane / dry

10. 9-Choose the correct word: A __________ (often referred to as a twister) is a powerful column of winds spiraling around a center of low atmospheric pressure. thunderstorm earthquake flood Snowstorm tornado tsunami drought

11. 10-Choose the correct word: The earthquake that generated the great Indian Ocean _________ of 2004 is estimated to have released the energy of 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). thunderstorm earthquake flood tornado tsunami drought