
Natural Hazards Review
Authored by Kristen Maygers
Science
8th Grade
NGSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Form over the warm ocean water of the tropics. When warm moist air over the water rises, it is replaced by cooler air. The cooler air will then warm and start to rise. This cycle causes huge storm clouds to form. These storm clouds will begin to rotate with the spin of the Earth forming an organized system.
Hurricane
Tornado
Tsunami
Earthquake
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Air rising in thunderstorms can begin to spin when it's affected by winds blowing it in different directions. It starts to rise and is pushed to the side by wind. It rises a bit more and is jostled again by wind moving in another direction. Winds moving in different speeds and directions at different altitudes cause the rising air to start spinning.
Hurricane
Tornado
Tsunami
Earthquake
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Created by an underwater disturbance usually associated with earthquakes occurring below or near the ocean.
Hurricane
Tornado
Tsunami
Earthquake
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Caused by a sudden slip on a fault line
Hurricane
Tornado
Tsunami
Earthquake
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Why is it beneficial to be able to predict when and where natural hazards occur? Select ALL that apply.
So we can stop them from happening
To minimize fatalities and damage to property
So scientists can collect data on natural hazards
Communities can be notified and evacuate
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What technologies currently exist to mitigate the effects of hurricanes?
Build buildings in circles with surrounding walls
Build buildings out of renewable resources
Using satellite imagery and ocean buoys
There is currently no technology
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A seismograph can be used to measure and study what?
Volcanic eruptions
Earthquakes
Tsunamis
All of the above
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
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