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Natural Disasters

Authored by Molly Mix

Science

4th Grade

NGSS covered

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Natural Disasters
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This type of natural disaster occurs over warm ocean waters and has high winds, heavy rains, and flooding.

Tornado

Flood

Landslide

Hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This type of natural disaster occurs mainly in the summertime with wind speeds reaching up to 3oo mph. It is in the shape of a funnel cloud.

Hurricane

Mudslide

Tornado

Tsunami

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This type of natural disaster occurs when rocks, pebbles, dirt, and boulders fall from the top of a hill to the bottom due to rain or erosion.

Tsunami

Flood

Landslide

Mudslide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This type of natural disaster occurs when excessive rain mixes with dirt and goes from the top of a hill to the bottom, washing out everything in its path.

Landslide

Mudslide

Flood

Hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This type of natural disaster occurs when tectonic plates shift and release stress from within the earth's surface. Most of them are too insignificant to be felt by humans.

Tsunami

Landslide

Earthquake

Volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This type of natural disaster occurs when pressure within earth's surface shoots up with gases

and rock through the opening and fill the air with lava.

Earthquake

Volcano

Hurricane

Flood

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This type of natural disaster occurs when excessive rain over saturates the ground and spills out on top. This disaster results in the most loss of human life each year.

Volcano

Mudslide

Flood

Tornado

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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