Weather: Natural Hazards & the Environment

Which natural hazard often causes another natural hazard?

• An earthquake often causes a drought.

• A forest fire often causes a flood.

• A tornado often causes a hurricane.

•  

  A hurricane often causes a flood.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

An earthquake causes ____ that are strongest near the center. 

• holes

• vibrations

• thunderstorms

• hurricanes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which natural hazard might cause a landslide when the ground shakes?

• pollution

• forest fire

•  

  tornado

•  

  earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which is a funnel cloud that causes damage on land?

• hurricane

• thunderstorm

• cloud

• tornado

Flash floods are floods that happen with a ____ rise in water level.

• very slow

•  

  very fast

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A large storm that forms over an ocean is called a _____.

• thunderstorm

• tornado

• hurricane

• blizzard

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A storm with lots of snow, cold temperatures, and strong winds is called a _____.

• thunderstorm

• tornado

• hurricane

• blizzard

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Wildfires can occur from ____ in the forest.

•  

  rising water

• lightning strikes

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A tornado is an example of a ____.

• slow change to Earth's surface

• natural hazard

• landslide

• man-made event

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What can cause a landslide?

• drought

•   magnetic force

• gravity

• the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2