Week 19 Assessment

_______ is when something in nature threatens to have a negative outcome on humans.

• a disaster

• a natural event

• a natural hazard

• a weather event

What is another word for "dangers of the enviroment?

• hazards

• fault lines

• outcomes

• effects

Sometimes the regions people choose have built-in dnagers in their ________________.

• atomsphere

• environments

• fault lines

• structures

Earth's ___________ can be damaged by weather.

• atompshere

• core

• surface

• water

Blizzards are dangerous because the wind ______________.

• lowers the tempature

• freezes water

• causes flood

• blows the snow around.

An ice storm is dangerous because _________________.

• the warm rain melts the ice

• trees and power lines break under the extra weight of the ice

• there are long periods of time without power

• winds blow in excess of 35 mph or more.

Natural disasters are extreme weather events that __________.

• • cause damage

• • cause flooding

• • cost lives

• • cause damage and cost lives

What type of damage occurs during an earthquake?

• • Earthquakes cause snow to fall and accumulate.

• • Earthquakes cause heavy rains.

• • Earthquakes cause vibrations that damage roads and buildings.

• • Earthquakes cause dry conditions with little rain.

Which disaster causes the most damage?

• • floods

• • earthquakes

• • hurricanes

• • ice storms