Unit 5 Natural Disasters

Unit 5 Living with Natural Disasters

Tb p. 60-61

Open Ended

Show what you already know (vocabulary):

In 1 minute, type as many examples of natural disasters / extreme weather as you can. Use commas to separate your answers.

Multiple Choice

How many types of natural disasters are mentioned in the first paragraph?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

Multiple Choice

Based on your own knowledge, which geographical feature of Hong Kong causes frequent typhoons in the city in the summer?

• surrounded by mountains

• located on the coast

• located next to a river

• surrounded by glaciers

Fill in the Blanks

According to paragraph 1, which geographical feature may cause regular flooding in an area?

Regular flooding occurs if the area is close to a ...

Fill in the Blanks

Also from paragraph 1, a tsunami may occur in an area located on the ...

Multiple Choice

Where does the water in the Yellow River come from?

• Rain

• Glaciers

• Foothills

• Dams

Multiple Choice

In line 18, what does 'its' refer to? (... will burst its banks...)

• The government

• The dams

• The Yellow River

• The glaciers of Tibet

Multiple Choice

Which picture shows a peninsula?

Multiple Select

According to this section, what are the TWO reasons that show an earthquake is a disaster? (tick 2 answers)

• It has happened before.

• It killed 3000 people

• It leads to a tsunami.

• It caused destruction to the city of San Francisco.

Fill in the Blanks

Choose ONE word from this section to replace the underlined word in the sentence.

Scientists predict that an earthquake will happen in San Francisco in the near future.

Fill in the Blanks

Choose ONE word from this section to replace the underlined word in the sentence.

The earthquake has damaged most buildings in the city.

Multiple Choice

Which picture best represents the sentence:

Mount Vesuvius overlooks the city.

Fill in the Blanks

Find a phrase from the section with the meaning shown:

(phrasal verb) be in a specific area; located on

Fill in the Blanks

Find ONE word from the section with the meaning shown:

(n.) an explosion from a volcano

Fill in the Blanks

Find ONE word from the section with the meaning shown:

(v.) to guess what will happen in the future

Fill in the Blanks

Find ONE word from the section with the meaning shown:

(adj.) everywhere around sth.

Multiple Choice

Which meaning best fits the word 'evacuate'? (line 40)

• to save people from a dangerous situation

• to move people to a safe place before sth dangerous happens

• to remove sth from a container

Multiple Select

From this section, tick the statements that are TRUE.

• Only Dallas experiences tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and droughts.

• Dallas is facing the problem of drought.

• It is believed that drought will continue in the summer.

Multiple Select

When we talk about 'extreme weather', it means the weather:

(you can tick more than 1 answer)

• is unusual.

• may cause loss of human lives.

• can cause destruction to a place.

• only happens to a place once.