The Natural Environment

In natural disasters, what do we call it when it rains too much in a short time, and it causes damage?

• A drought

• A Volcano Eruption

• A Flood

• A Landslide

• A Thunderstorm

In natural disasters, what do we call it when molten rock (magma) rises to the surface?

• A drought

• A Volcano Eruption

• A Flood

• A Landslide

• A Thunderstorm

In natural disasters, what do we call it large amounts of rock or earth fall down a slope on to whatever is below?

• A drought

• A Volcano Eruption

• A Flood

• A Landslide

• A Thunderstorm

In natural disasters, what do we call an extra long period with no rain, causing crops to fail and people and animals to starve?

• A drought

• A Volcano Eruption

• A Flood

• A Landslide

• A Thunderstorm

What do we call heavy rain which we can both see and hear, and which contains electricity?

• A drought

• A Volcano Eruption

• A Flood

• A Landslide

• A Thunderstorm

What is the poisonous chemical emitted from car exhaust?

• radiation leak

• sinkhole

• carbon monoxide

• acid rain

what do we call it when rain has been poisoned by human activity and it destroys plant life?

• radiation leak

• sinkhole

• carbon monoxide

• acid rain

What disasters happened at the Fukushima (Japan) and Chernobyl (Ukraine) nuclear plants?

• radiation leak

• sinkhole

• carbon monoxide

• acid rain

What is created when the surface layer of the ground collapses?

• radiation leak

• sinkhole

• carbon monoxide

• acid rain

WHICH OF THESE VERBS MEANS:

To look at evidence and come to a judgement?

• To predict

• To compare

• To assess

• To explain

• To suggest