Catastrophic Events

What causes damage in a hurricane?

• Winds
• Flooding
• Storm Surge
• All of the above

Where is the safest place to be in a tornado?

• Basement
• Open field
• Tree
• Kitchen

Which of the following events is most likely to occur in a North Texas prairie grassland biome?

• Fire caused by lightning
• Hurricane
• Volcanic Eruption
• Earthquake

What do you call a mountain that forms when molten rock (magma), is forced to the Earth's surface?

• Volcano
• Hurricane
• Tornado
• Landslide

What do earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis have in common?

• They occur with no warning.
• They are measured by seismographs.
• They result from moving tectonic plates.
• They all involve lots of water.

Which of these changes would happen the fastest?

• erosion of a valley by a river

• earthquake damage

• waves creating a sandy beach

Tornadoes can negatively affect an ecosystem when

• the saltwater they bring kills off burrowing insects

• the rise in water level they produce introduces harmful salt

• their strong winds uproot many of the important plants

• they bring higher temperatures favored by birds

A sudden shift in the Earth's crust is called a...

• Earthquake

• Hurricane

• Tornado

• Wildfire

What catastrophic event is caused by an unusually large amount of water for an area?

• wildfire

• blizzard

• flood

• tornado

A large wave created by an underwater earthquake is called a...

• Hurricane

• Tsunami

• Wildfire

• Drought