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Natural disasters such as flooding and tornadoes are linked to ________________.

• primary
• secondary
• old field
• ecosystem

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This is an example of reducing:

• turning off the water while brushing teeth
• using a plastic bag twice
• riding with a friend to school instead of taking another car

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How can farmers prevent/slow down soil erosion?

• Cover their crops with a tarp 
• Water the soil everyday in order to weigh it down 
• Plant crops, plants, etc. to hold the soil in place
• Cut down all of the trees and crops. 

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Which of these can help PREVENT soil erosion?

• construction sites

• planting grass

• raising grazing animals

• digging ditches

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Mrs. Nancy's class is building a design for a home. The home is built on a rubber base and is low to the ground. The students are most likely trying to built a home that will be safe during...

• an earthquake

• a volcano eruption

• a flood

• a tsunami

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Scientists have tools that monitor volcanic activity. However, there are too many volcanoes and not enough time or tools to monitor them all. What would be the best way to improve monitoring of volcanoes?

• not monitor any volcanoes because it is too expensive

• keep track of patterns of when volcanoes erupt, and only monitor the ones that may be close to erupting

• monitor all the volcanoes, but don't interpret the data we get from the tools

• because volcanic eruptions are not dangerous to people, we do not need to monitor them

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Beaches that erode can be fixed by

• terracing

• beach nourishment

• weathering

• erosion

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Method of reducing erosion that farmers use to cut hillside

• levees

• contour plowing

• terracing

• dam

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The process of adding sand to an eroded beach to fix it

• flood

• levee

• beach nourishment

• terracing

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There was an earthquake in California.

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

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