Unit 4 Lesson 4 - Prepare for Natural Hazards

A _____________________ protects buildings and other structures from lightning strikes.

• sandbags

• lightning rod

• levee

Evacuation of an area before a ________________ can be a way to stay safe from harm.

• blizzard

• hurricane

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A _________________ is a temporary wall built to prevent flooding in an area.

• levee

• flood wall

To prevent the risk of _______________, workers will clear all the dead wood and underbrush from a forest that might be at risk.

• wildfire

• earthquake

• tornado

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Cities that do not have buildings that are well constructed to withstand earthquakes _________________________________.

• are not likely to suffer any damage from an earthquake.

• can suffer a lot more damage in an earthquake thatn a city that does have them.

• can build them for no additional money.

• are always in areas where there are earthquakes.

How can sandbags help during a flood?

(a)  

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A ________________ is a permanent wall built along the sides of rivers and other bodies of water to prevent them from overflowing.

• sandbag

• fllodwall

• levee

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When a lightning rod is hit by lightning, where does the electricity go?

• into the building it is attached to

• into the ground

• it doesn't go anywhere, it just stays in the rod

What is one thing that engineers have used to design building to be safer during an earthquake?

• shock absorbers

• shatterproof glass in the windows

• steel supports inside the building

• all of the choices are correct

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What did Benjamin Franklin invent that can help during a thunderstorm?

• shatterproof glass

• floodwall

• lightning rod

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