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Catastrophic Events

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

CATASTROPHIC EVENTS

BY : EDNA HERNANDEZ

TORNADOS!

  • Negative and Positive: Negative - Destroys animals shelter and also effect crops and animals.
  • Positive - Floods can redistribute soil to make land downstream more fertile.
  • Impact on environment -Tornadoes effect the environment by destroying buildings and trees.
  • Tornadoes also kill animals, which effects the food chain and disrupts the whole environment.
  • Tornadoes destroy our farms, which means there will be food shortages around the surrounding area.
Photo by mr_balage

FLOODS!

  • Positive and Negative : Negative - It could increase population of fish causing it to breed and
  • Give Birth. Positive - Carrys different minerals for soil.
  • Impact on environment - Important to keep maintaining ecosystem(s) and
  • Soil fertility. Humans manage floods for managing food prone areas disrupt
  • The natural food cycle.
Photo by max_wedge

DROUGHTS!

  • Negative and positive - landscape gets
  • Dry. Positive - Dessert get more chance of rain.
  • Impact on environment - The land gets
  • Very dry.
Photo by arbyreed

HURRICANES!

  • Negative and positive - Decreases population of animals in cause of destroy of habitats.
  • Positive - Can help maintain and build barrier beaches.
  • Impact on environment - Contains toxic materials and can increase populations
  • Due to the weather.

EARHTQUAKES!

  • Negative and positive - Earthquakes release seismic energy that provides
  • scientists with a lot of valuable information regarding the Earth's interior.
  • Negative - including frequent property destruction.
  • Impact on environment - Loss of animal habitats.
Photo by theqspeaks

VOLCANOES!

  • Negative and positive - Many volcanoes have important industrial
  • Chemicals. Negative - The gas produced can overcome
  • The oxygen that can kill animals. Impact on environment -
  • They can burn iron.

TSUNAMIS!

  • Positive and negative - Can help beaches due to water.
  • Negative - Can destroy animals habitats.
  • Impacts on environment - If animals are in specific areas they can die.
  • Due to salt water invasions in the ground water , tsunamis and
  • Major floods have occurred.
Photo by tj.blackwell

WILD FIRES!

  • Negative and positive - Can destroy acres of forests
  • For animals. Positive - can consume harmful insects and diseases.
  • Impact on environment - killed some plants and mostly animals.
Photo by H Dragon