• I can explain how natural causes might damage habitats.

• I can give examples of natural disasters. • I can explain how human disasters might damage

habitats.• I can give an examples of a human disasters.• I can write about what it would be like for an

animal living in a habitat affected by a natural or human disaster.

• Natural disaster

• Human disaster

• Earthquake

• Hurricane

• Tsunami

• Volcanic eruption

How can I explain natural causes that damage habitats?

Natural and Human Disasters

A disaster is an event that causes great damage and loss. Disasters can be divided into two types: natural and human. Click on the circle to found out more.

Natural Disaster

A disaster caused by nature or natural

events. These include floods,

hurricanes and tornadoes..

Human Disaster

A disaster caused by human action.

These include oil spills, chemical

explosions and gas leaks in factories.

Hurricane – a huge storm that forms over warm seas and oceans. A hurricane can cause winds of over 100 miles per hour. They are often formed in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.

Hurricane

Tsunami – a series of huge waves caused by an earthquake or volcano under the sea.

Tsunami

Earthquake – the sudden movement of the Earth’s crusts (its outer layer).

Earthquake

Volcanic eruption – when lava and gas erupt from a vent in a volcano.

Volcanic Eruption

Task

You are an animal and the environment around you has changed due to natural causes.

Explain what has happened from the perspective of one of the following animals:

• A polar bear – about to hibernate for the winter• A bird about to fly to warmer conditions • A fish