Natural Disasters by Ksenia Mikhailova https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters Урок по английскому языку в рамках темы "Natural Disasters". en-us 2018-10-28 16:50:50 UTC 2026-01-20 08:19:54 UTC hello@padlet.com mikkseni31 https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297781142 “Natural Disasters” is the
theme of our lesson. It is very important to know about different kinds of disasters in order to be able to save yourselves.
]]> 2018-10-28 17:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297781142 mikkseni31 https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297793891 Hello, dear guests! Nice to see you here in my blog. I hope you will learn some new information, words and grammar during this lesson.]]> 2018-10-28 19:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297793891 mikkseni31 https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297794469 Mother Nature can act rather scary sometimes. Almost every day TV channels, radio and newspapers report on natural disasters striking different parts of the world. Scientists say that earthquakes, tornados, floods, droughts, tsunamis, landslides and hurricanes are happening more frequently nowadays. Global warming, pollution and growing industrialization lead to imbalance in our echo-system. ]]> 2018-10-28 19:31:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297794469 Earthquake mikkseni31 https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297794510 An earthquake happens when tectonic plates of the earth move and they make the area shake violently. According to the Richter scale the magnitude of earthquakes is measured from 1 to 10 points. The most powerful earthquake was recorded in 1960 in Chile, its magnitude was 9.5.]]> 2018-10-28 19:32:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297794510 Volcanic eruptions mikkseni31 https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297794690 Volcanic eruptions occur when hot red magma erupts from the earth’s crust and flows from the top of the volcano. It also throws volcano ashes into the air which are harmful to inhale for human beings and animals.]]> 2018-10-28 19:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297794690 Tsunami mikkseni31 https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297794809 A tsunami is a series of dangerous huge ocean waves, usually caused by underwater earthquakes. This natural disaster attacks the shore all of a sudden and often results in thousands of deaths. The height of the waves can reach 30 metres.]]> 2018-10-28 19:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297794809 Flooding mikkseni31 https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297794912 Flooding is another natural disaster. Floods happen when the water level in rivers and seas becomes too high. Sometimes flash floods can even wash away whole villages.]]> 2018-10-28 19:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297794912 Wildfires mikkseni31 https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297795129 During extremely hot dry summers our world usually suffers from vast forest fires and severe droughts. Wildfires are especially dangerous in windy weather when they spread very easily. Droughts may result in famine because the land becomes dry and people can’t grow any plants and vegetables on it.]]> 2018-10-28 19:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297795129 Tornado mikkseni31 https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297795477 A tornado is an enormous column of twisting wind that moves very fast and destroys houses, raises in the air and throws people, animals and heavy things. Hurricanes and tornados are very common in America and the Atlantic Ocean.]]> 2018-10-28 19:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297795477 Landslides mikkseni31 https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297795644 Landslides happen when earth and rocks on slopes become loose or water-laden and they fall down the hills or mountains.]]> 2018-10-28 19:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297795644 Read definitions of natural disasters and name them. mikkseni31 https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297796438 1.  a large mass of snow falling down the side of a mountain
2.  an extremely violent wind or storm
3.  large amount of water that covers an area which is usually dry
4.  a huge wave caused by an earthquake which flows onto land
5.  a period of time with no rain
]]> 2018-10-28 19:46:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297796438 Match the words and their translations. mikkseni31 https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297797025 2018-10-28 19:50:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297797025 Natural Geographics” film about 10 most dangerous Natural Disasters mikkseni31 https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297797363 2018-10-28 19:53:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297797363 How to Survive at Sea and Different Natural Disasters mikkseni31 https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297797458 2018-10-28 19:54:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297797458 Natural Disaster Survival for Travelers mikkseni31 https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297797531 2018-10-28 19:55:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mikkseni31/naturaldisasters/wish/297797531