Hurricanes

Hurricanes form over _______ bodies of water.

• cold

• warm

• blue

• none of the above

Which type of hurricanes cause catastrophic (deadly) damage? (pick 2)

• category 1

• category 2

• catagory 3

• category 4

• category 5

Hurricanes cause damage through _______ and _________.

• wind

• snow

• flooding

• mudslides

What is another name for a hurricane?

• tornado

• earthquake

• typhoon

• tsunami

What is one way that hurricanes affect people?

• Schools are damaged.

• Trees are uprooted.

• Houses are destroyed.

• Traffic lights are blown down.

What is one way that hurricanes affect communities?

• Lives are lost.

• Roads are blocked or flooded.

• Animals have to move to new habitats.

• Furniture and personal property is destroyed.

What is one way that hurricanes affect the environment?

• Trees are uprooted.

• Pets are lost.

• Power lines are damaged and cause loss of electricity.

• Shopping malls are damaged.

__________ protect cities from flooding.

• Rivers

• Levees

• Tall buildings

• Fences

How were people affected before Hurricane Katrina made landfall?

• They needed to be rescued.

• They had to get on their roofs.

• They had to evacuate.

• They had to learn how to swim.

Why does Louisiana get a lot of hurricanes?

• We are near warm water.

• The tradewinds blow storms west in our direction.

• Both of these are correct.

• Neither of these are correct.