Презентация к уроку в 8-ом классе "Nature disasters"

Natural disasters

Учитель: Капоткина Н.Ю.

Урок для 8 класса

Every year different natural disasters happen on our planet.

• Earthquake [‘ɜ:Ɵkweik]
• Hurricane[‘h˄rikǝn]
• Tornado [tɔ:’neidǝu]
• Volcano [vɒl’keino]
• Flood [fl ˄d]
• Drought [draut]

Match the words and texts. Listen and check your answers.

• An earthquake is …
• A hurricane is …
• A tornado is …
• A volcano is …
• A flood is …
• A drought is…

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An earthquake is a sudden shaking of the ground.

A hurricane is a very violent wind or storm. It usually happens in Japan, China, the Russian Federation, the Philippines.

A tornado is a very violent wind in the form of a funnel of air that spins at great speed. It usually happens in the USA.

A volcano is a mountain with a hole called a crater in the top. Sometimes lava and gases are thrown from the crater. It usually happens in Italy, Salvador, Hawaii, the Russian Federation.

A flood is a large amount of water which quickly covers a place that is usually dry land.

A drought is a long period of dry weather when there is not enough water.

Listen and fill in the table .

Disaster

Continents

Earthquake

Countries

Hurricanes

Tornadoes

Volcanoes

Check your answers

Disaster

Continents

Earthquake

Countries

Asia, South & North America, Europe

Hurricanes

Tornadoes

Asia, North America

Japan, China, Chilly, Portugal, the RF, India, Mexico, Armenia, Turkey, Peru

Japan, China, the RF, Filipinas, the USA

North America

Volcanoes

the USA

Asia, Americas, Europe

Italy, the RF, Salvador, Hawaii