Natural Disasters

Which of these are examples of a natural disaster?

• Earthquake

• Flooding

• Thunderstorm

• Erupting Volcano

Which of these are examples of a water-related natural disaster?

• Flooding

• Mudslide

• Tsunamis

• Hurricane

• None of These

We cannot forecast natural disasters with the same certainty as forecasting rain, because...

• Natural disasters are unpredictable.

• Natural disasters are predictable.

Reporters have limited _____ and _____ to communicate their findings about a natural disaster.

• Resources; Creativity

• Time; Space

• Money; Time

Which of these is an example of humans manipulating the environment to serve our needs?

• Going grocery shopping

• Building a house

• Dams to control floods and provide water for crops.

• Building a city

Headliners should be what?

• Attention-grabbing

• Boring

• All about the facts

• Headliners should not be used on news stories

News stories should include the essential information, which is what?

• Who, What, When, Where, How, and Why

• Who, What, Where, and Why

The most important factor of a news story is the reporter being faithful to what?

• embellishing the story

• entertaining the reader

• the facts and the truth of the situation

The reconstruction portion of a natural disaster is when the area of land or humans do what?

• Move their farms or houses to different locations

• Rebuild their development

• Build new protective human development

• All of the Above

If the 4 seasons are nature's periods at the end of a sentence, natural disasters are nature's what?

• Question marks

• Commas

• Exclamation marks

• Semicolons