Gr 8 - Floods,Hunger,Rivers,Freshwater

What is the relationship between flooding and earthquakes? Choose the best answer.

•  Earthquakes usually break large water pipes, flooding entire states.

• Undersea earthquakes can cause huge ocean waves, which flood shorelines.

•  Earthquakes break open underground springs, which flood large areas.

•  Floodwaters often seep into fault lines, causing earthquakes.

Floods happen when _______________________________________________.

•  too much snow and winds are present.

•  too much rain in a short period of time.

•  too much rain in mountains.

• the weather is cold.

Water overflow happens when a _ can not receive all the water after the rain.

• Mountain

•  River

• Street

• Sea

What is presented in the picture?

•  Tsunami

• Earthquake

•  Hurricane

•  Drought

What is flood management?

•  Modification measures aim to reduce flood levels

•  Process used to convert wastewater

• Strategy is to reduce water use

•  Land use practices and water management practices

List any two benefits that floods may have.

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How are tsunami waves formed?

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How are flash floods formed, and why are they dangerous?

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Identify two causes of hunger in the world.

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Where is the vast majority of the water on Earth stored?

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