Watery Planet: Mystery 5

1. Hurricanes always start out as small storms over _____.

• lakes

• rivers

• land

• the ocean

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2. In what season do most hurricanes form?

• spring

• winter

• summer

• fall

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3. Why do hurricanes have so much rain?

• Warm ocean water evaporates.

• Cold ocean water evaporates.

• Runoff is collected in the clouds.

• Transpiration from trees collects in the clouds.

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4. A wall of concrete used to keep water out of a city is called a ______.

• levee

• canal

• well

• aquifer

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5. Why are houses close to water built on stilts?

• To keep them close to the water.

• To raise them above sea level.

• To make them easy to find in a flood.

• To protect them from strong winds.

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6. When you have a limit on what you can do to solve a problem, that is called a ________.

• connection

• debt

• constraint

• problem

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7. Which of the following will lead to MORE flooding during a hurricane? Choose ALL that apply.

• strong winds

• heavy rains

• low elevation

• presence of levees

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The people of Beachtown recently completed a few big construction projects to save their town from flood damage. But they are also worried about a special area nearby called Wildwood Nature Preserve. Many different plants and animals live in Wildwood. The people of Beachtown have decided to do something to protect the plants and animals at Wildwood. There is a budget of $1,000,000 for this project. The finished design must also protect the natural beauty of Wildwood. They have limits on what can be done to protect Wildwood. These limits are called constraints. They will only choose a plan that meets all of their constraints. Choose ALL the constraints  they would have.

• 1. The finished design must cost less than $1,000,000.

• 1. The finished design must look like it came from the same time period as the historic buildings of Beachtown.

• 1. The finished design must look natural, so that it fits in with how Wildwood looks.

• 1. The finished design must protect animals and plants.

• 1. The finished design must be made of wood, because wood is natural.

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Two companies have offered to design and build different things that will protect Wildwood.  Read the plan from each company, then choose ALL the TRUE statements.

• Both plans meet all of the constraints for this project.

• The fact that the concrete will look like the great sidewalks in Beachtown is actually a bad thing.

  
  

• The plan from Cosmic Concrete is the best option because it is cheaper.

• Even though the plan from Wetland Wonders is more expensive, it is the only plan that meets all of the constraints of the project.

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