Natural Disasters Test

Which natural disaster is a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground?

• Drought
• Tornado
• Earthquake
• Hurricane

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

Which natural disaster is the sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff?

• Landslide
• Tsunami 
• Thunderstorm
• Tornado 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which natural disaster is a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action?

• Earthquake
• Tsunami
• Thunderstorm
• Flooding

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

What is this?

• earthquake

• fire

• flooding

What is this?

• fire

• flooding

• fog

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is this?

• tornado

• tsunami

• volcano

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is this?

• volcano

• blizzard

• drought

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which of the following is not a natural disaster?

• tornado

• hurricane

• tsunami

• car accident

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

If an earthquake begins to happen, the safest place to be is:

• underground

• in a doorway

• next to a window

• laying on the floor

A device that uses special weights and magnetic fields to measure and amplify the tiniest movements of the ground is called a?

• audiograph

• choreograph

• telegraph

• seismograph

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS2-1