Week 18

Hazards are dangers in the physical environment that people cannot control.

Which word helps the reader understand the meaning of hazards?

• control

• dangers

• environment

• people

Information from the map supports the idea that -

• Texas does not have natural hazards.

• The U.S. does not experience tornadoes.

• There were fewer hazards in 2020 than 2019.

• Earthquakes mainly occur in the western U.S.

What best completes the diagram?

• Tornados and flooding occur.

• Floating ice damages homes.

• Heavy snowfall blocks roadways.

• Shaking ground destroys buildings.

What is a blizzard?

• high winds and heavy snowfall

• shifting and moving ground

• rising water with no place to go

• strong storms that form over the ocean

• a storm with high, rotating winds

What is a flood?

• high winds and heavy snowfall

• shifting and moving ground

• rising water with no place to go

• strong storms that form over the ocean

• a storm with high, rotating winds

What is a tornado?

• high winds and heavy snowfall

• shifting and moving ground

• rising water with no place to go

• strong storms that form over the ocean

• a storm with high, rotating winds

What is a earthquake?

• high winds and heavy snowfall

• shifting and moving ground

• rising water with no place to go

• strong storms that form over the ocean

• a storm with high, rotating winds

What is a hurricane?

• high winds and heavy snowfall

• shifting and moving ground

• rising water with no place to go

• strong storms that form over the ocean

• a storm with high, rotating winds

The photographs help the reader understand that ____________________.

• snow only falls during hurricanes

• rain always falls during an earthquake

• blizzards and tornadoes include flooding

• hurricanes and tornadoes have heavy winds

People can not control when natural hazards occur.

• True

• False