Floods

1. Floods usually occur when:

• storage tanks fill up.

• rivers overflow onto land.

• heavy rain falls.

• storm water drains flow.

2. A location in Australia that is least likely to flood is:

• south-western Australia.

• central-western Australia.

• central-eastern Australia.

• north-eastern Australia.

3. Floods affect people by:

• providing free swimming zones for communities.

• providing enough water for crops.

• causing increases in water rates.

• causing devastation to homes, crops and equipment.

4. What kind of map is shown here?

• a flood map

• a weather map

• a rainfall map

• a hurricane map

5. Which of the following is least likely to produce rain?

• low pressure system

• high pressure system

• warm front

• cold front

6. What are the two main ways in which floods occur?

• fast inland floods from mountains, and slow coastal floods from rivers

• fast inland floods from rivers, and slow coastal floods from mountains

• slow inland floods from rivers, and fast coastal floods from mountains

• slow inland floods from mountains, and fast coastal floods from rivers

7. Another term for heavy rain is:

• temporary flooding.

• torrential rain.

• terrestrial rain.

• tempestuous rain.

8. Which of the following towns or cities would experience long-duration slow-rise floods?

• Birdsville

• Cairns

• Sydney

• Geraldton

9. The flood management strategy in this image is:

• a dam.

• a gate.

• a channel

• a levee.

10. Two ways to prevent rivers from flooding are by using:

• stopbanks and levees.

• stopgaps and levees.

• stopbacks and levies.

• stoptanks and levies.