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Natural Disaster Word Wall Vocabulary
Sixty-nine natural disaster related vocabulary cards for a word wall.
Print out these Natural Disaster Word Wall Vocabulary cards and cut them out along the line. Stick them up around your room to immerse your students in the content specific vocabulary.
There is a blank sheet provided at the end for any extra words that your students may want to add.
Words include:
tsunami, natural disasters, volcano, tornado, avalanche, earthquake, blizzard, drought, wildfire, tremor, dust storm, magma, twister, windstorm, heat wave, cyclone, forest fire, flood, fire, hailstorm, lava, lightning, high-pressure, hail, hurricane, seismic, erosion, whirlpool, Richter scale, whirlwind, cloud, thunderstorm, barometer, gale, blackout, gust, force, low-pressure, volt, snowstorm, rainstorm, storm, nimbus, violent storm, sandstorm, casualty, Beaufort scale, fatal, fatality, cumulonimbus, death, lost, destruction, money, tension, cataclysm, damage, uproot, underground, destroy, arsonist, wind scale, arson, rescue, permafrost, disaster, fault, scientist and shelter.
Natural Disaster Vocabulary
tsunami | Natural disasters | volcano |
tornado | avalanche | earthquake |
blizzard | drought | bushfire |
tremor | dust storm | magma |
twister | windstorm | heat wave |
cyclone | forest fire | flood |
fire | hailstorm | lava |
lightning | high-pressure | hail |
hurricane | seismic | erosion |
whirlpool | Richter scale | whirlwind |
cloud | thunderstorm | barometer |
gale | blackout | gust |
force | low-pressure | volt |
snowstorm | rainstorm | storm |
nimbus | violent storm | sandstorm |
casualty | Beaufort scale | fatal |
fatality | cumulonimbus | death |
lost | destruction | money |
tension | cataclysm | damage |
uproot | underground | destroy |
arsonist | wind scale | arson |
rescue | permafrost | disaster |
fault | scientist | shelter |

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