Unit 9. Natural disaters

Good Morning!
Everybody
Tornado
earthquake
tidal wave
typhoon
snowstorm
volcano
New words
tidal wave ( n )
tornado ( n )
collapse ( v )
occur ( v ) happen
Ring of Fire ( n )
The building was collapsed
abrupt ( a ) sudden
shift ( n )
erupt ( v )
The volcano is erupting
eruption ( n )
warn ( v )
funnel-shaped ( a )
suck up ( v ) = lift ( v )
True or False ? Check ( ) in the boxes
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Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the Ring of Fire.
The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused severe damage.
A huge tidal wave traveled from California to Alaska and hit Anchorage in the 1960s.
Typhoon, hurricane and tropical storm are different words for the same natural disaster.
The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world`s largest ever volcanic eruption.
A tornado look like a funnel.
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( from Alaska to California )
( in more than 50 years )
Complete the sentences
1. The majority of earthquakes
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2. During the earthquake in Kobe, many
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3. A tidal wave can only occur when
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4. In Australia, a tropical storm is known as
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5. The Chinese language gave us
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6. A tornado is a type of storm that
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occur around the Pacific Rim, known as a Ring of Fire.

houses, office buildings and highways collapsed .
there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth.
a cyclone.
the word "typhoon"
has a funnel shape and suck up anything in its way
Answer the questions.
Where do most earthquake happen?
What are the other name of typhoon?
What is the name of a volcano in Philippines?
What are tornado?
What does tornado look like?
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1. Where do most of earthquakes happen ?
Around the Pacific Rim
3.What are the other names of "typhoon" ?
Hurricane, Cyclone
4. What is the name of a volcano in the Philippines?
Mount Pinatubo
5. What are tornadoes?
- Tornadoes are funnel-shaped storms which pass overland below a thunderstorm.
Lucky number
6. What does a tornado look like?
It looks like a funnel
HOMEWORK
Redo the exercises
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