Natural Disasters

Which is true?

• a tsunami can cause flooding

• a tornado can cause an earthquake

• a hurricane can cause a tornado

• a volcano can cause a hurricane

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which is false?

• an earthquake can cause a tsunami

• a hurricane can cause flooding

• a tsunami can cause flooding

• a wildfire can cause an earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

In Kansas, hot air from the south meets cold air from the north over flat land. There is no ocean nearby, and summers are hot and dry. what natural disaster are you most likely to see?

• hurricanes and wildfires

• wildfires and tornadoes

• tornadoes and volcanoes

• hurricanes and volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Landslides are caused by ___________.

• gravity and rain

• gravity and the moon

• gravity and the sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Rocks moving down a mountain is a __________.

• landslide

• volcano

• tsunami

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

If you see a funnel cloud, you are experiencing....

• a tornado

• a hurricane

• an earthquake

• a flood

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

If seismic waves are passing through the earth, you are experiencing...

• an earthquake

• a hurricane

• a flood

• a tornado

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which tropical storm has winds that can reach up to 120 km/hr and can be up to 1500 km in diameter?

• Hurricanes

• Hailstorms

• Thunderstorms

• Tornadoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What begins as a group of thunderstorms traveling over tropical ocean waters?

• Tsunami

• Hurricane

• Typhoon

• Tornado

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

How do hailstones form?

• A continual updraft within the cumulonimbus cloud pushes the condensed moisture into colder air, causing them to form ice balls.

• A continual downdraft pushes the icestones towards warming weather, hailing down on the ground

• The hailstones form before the storm begins, ready to activate their destruction

• Updrafts cause air vibrations that force lightning to form

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5