Week 6 - Natural Disasters Review

All the following are examples of natural disasters except

• Flooding

• Blizzards

• Tornados

• Earthquakes

What is the name of the longest-lasting tornado in recorded history?

• The Washington tornado

• The Great tornado of 2013

• The Great Tri-state tornado

• The Valentine's Day tornado

What was the effect of snow piling up around the traffic during the Groundhog Day Blizzard?

• People abandoned their cars

• The temperature felt colder

• Schools and businesses closed

• Neighbors built snowmen together

The city of Washington, Illinois was completely destroyed by the 2013 tornado

• True

• False

On November 17, 2013 the National Weather Service tracked _________ tornados across central Illinois

• 5

• 7

• 10

• 13

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) plays an important role in natural disaster prevention and recovery.

• True

• False

When making an emergency plan, plan a place where you will go inside your home to be safe in a place __________ that everyone is familiar with.

• Outside your home

• Cut off from communication

• Accessible by car

• Without supplies

A survival kit should contain things you

• value

• need

• want

• like

Why were people unprepared for the Great Tri-State tornado in 1925?

• It was too late in the year for tornados

• The weather bureau didn't warn them

• It was the first tornado in Illinois history

• People didn't believe the warnings

Which of the following is not true about the Great Tri-State tornado?

• It was the fastest-moving tornado in history

• It affected Missiouri, Illinois, and Kentucky

• It continued for 3 and 1/2 hours and it was sometimes up to 1 mile wide.