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.

How are tsunami waves formed?

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

Identify two causes of hunger in the world.

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