Controlling Floods

What is a wall across a river that controls the flow of river water?

• dam
• flood
• floodway
• levee

What occurs when water flows or collects over land that is usually dry.

• dam
• flood
• floodway
• levee

What is a prepared path for flood waters to flow over, often to prevent damage to communities?

• dam
• flood
• floodway
• levee

What is a wall along the banks of a river or other body of water that serves to keep water behind it?

• flood
• floodway
• levee
• reserboir

What is an artificial lake, often formed when water collects behind a dam?

• dam
• flood
• levee
• reservoir

What is a system of pipes or channels that carry away storm water?

• storm drain
• floodway
• levee
• reservoir

What is piled along the banks of a rising river to keep water out of buildings?

• sandbags
• trees
• rocks

Which creates an artificial lake?

• levee
• dam
• sea wall
• storm drain

What are the Everglades?

• wetlands in Georgia
• wetlands in Florida
• wetlands in California
• wetlands in Idaho

Flash floods are the result of heavy, short rainfalls due to intense storms.

• True
• False