26.02 - HW What is flooding - Year 7

What is flooding? Flooding is when an area of _ _ _ _ that is usually dry is covered with water

Flooding can effect anyone in the world

• True
• False

What are riverine floods?

• Flooding that happens around the coastline
• Flooding that happens around lakes
• Flooding that happens around rivers

What are estuarine floods?

• Flooding that happens in towns
• Flooding that happens around rivers
• Flooding that happens in forests
• Flooding that happens on the coast

Floods are the ______-most widespread natural disaster on Earth, after wildfires

• First
• Second
• Third
• Fourth

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Where does most of the water come from when its flooding?

• Evaporation
• Precipitation
• Infiltration
• Condensation

What is infiltration?

• When water heats up and goes into the sky
• When the water cannot be soaked into the ground and so it floods
• When water soaks into the ground or rock
• When there is too much water coming down a steep slope

What first collects most of the water when it soaks into the ground?

• Groundwater Lakes
• Large Lakes
• Impermeable Rocks
• Plants and Trees

What is the name for underground wells of water?