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1 Events Flood Hurricane, KeslerScience.com,

2 KeslerScience.com, Earthquake Tsunami Meteor

3 Blizzard Drought Tornado

4 Volcano Wildfire Catastrophic

5 KEY Events KeslerScience.com, Flood an overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines. removal of sediment, temporary population decrease of organisms. Hurricane storm with violent wind, warm water, and low pressure, and revolution. wind damage, flood, loss of organism populations.,

6 KEY KeslerScience.com, Earthquake violent shacking of the ground as a result of plate tectonic movement along faults. sudden shift in landscape, possible decrease in populations. Tsunami long, high sea wave caused by an earthquake in the ocean. massive flooding, water damage, change in landscape, population decrease. Meteor space debris that enters the Earth s atmosphere. If large enough could cause massive blackout of The sun and ecosystem destruction.

7 KEY Blizzard severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility. could cause death of plant and tree populations. Drought prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall. loss of plant and animal life. Tornado destructive vortex of violent wind devastating to anything in its path, possible loss of populations.

8 KEY Volcano mountain with a hole that acts as a vent in which lava flows out. total devastation to ecosystem that is touched by lava/ash. Wildfire fire caused by lightning of by a person in a wooded area. short-term devastation to all producers & consumers in area. Catastrophic

9 Events Flood Hurricane, KeslerScience.com,

10 KeslerScience.com, Earthquake Tsunami Meteor

11 Blizzard Drought Tornado

12 Volcano Wildfire Catastrophic

13 KEY Events KeslerScience.com, Flood an overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines. removal of sediment, temporary population decrease of organisms. Hurricane storm with violent wind, warm water, and low pressure, and revolution. wind damage, flood, loss of organism populations.,

14 KEY KeslerScience.com, Earthquake violent shacking of the ground as a result of plate tectonic movement along faults. sudden shift in landscape, possible decrease in populations. Tsunami long, high sea wave caused by an earthquake in the ocean. massive flooding, water damage, change in landscape, population decrease. Meteor space debris that enters the Earth s atmosphere. If large enough could cause massive blackout of The sun and ecosystem destruction.

15 KEY Blizzard severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility. could cause death of plant and tree populations. Drought prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall. loss of plant and animal life. Tornado destructive vortex of violent wind devastating to anything in its path, possible loss of populations.

16 KEY Volcano mountain with a hole that acts as a vent in which lava flows out. total devastation to ecosystem that is touched by lava/ash. Wildfire fire caused by lightning of by a person in a wooded area. short-term devastation to all producers & consumers in area. Catastrophic

17 Events, KeslerScience.com,

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20 Catastrophic

21 These are extra tabs that you can use in case you want to add/remove any of the catastrophic events from the previous activity. They will allow you to connect the foldable together using a tab rather than gluing directly to the project. I ve also included additional blank panels on the previous page in case you wanted to add catastrophic events not mentioned.,

22 Catastrophic Events Chris Kesler,

23 Catastrophic Events Chris Kesler,

24 Catastrophic Events Chris Kesler,

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