Natural Hazards and Disasters

When heavy rain cannot soak into the ground it runs over Earth's surface and causes a ________________

• earthquake

• blizzard

• flood

• drought

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A ______________ is when too little rain causes the land to dry out, and plants are unable to get the water that they need.

• drought

• flood

• blizzard

• volcano

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When groundwater dissolves rock below the surface, the ground can suddenly collapse and form a _________________

• flood

• sinkhole

• tsunami

• drought

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A _______________ is a powerful movement of ocean water after an earthquake, landslide, or an eruption.

• sinkhole

• drought

• flood

• tsunami

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What are the people called that determine when and where a storm will occur?

• Meteorologist

• seismologist

• Weather man

• Storm chaser

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Earthquakes mostly occur near _________________

• plate lines

• plate boundaries

• plate tectonics

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What is ashfall?

• heavy snow

• ash from a volcanic eruption

• heavy rain

• ash from a tornado

What is a Lahar?

• When snow melts, causing a volcanic eruption, and then a mudslide

• when a mudslide occurs, melts snow, and causes a volcanic eruption

• when a volcano erupts, melts snow, and causes a mudslide

What is a levee?

• An embarkment created to prevent the overflow of lava

• An embarkment created to prevent the overflow of water

• An embarkment created to prevent the overflow of ashfall

• An embarkment created to promote the overflow of water

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What is liquefaction?

• soil instability due to water inflows, earthquakes, and other causes

• building instability due to water inflows, earthquakes, and other causes

• financial instability due to water inflows, earthquakes, and other causes

• soil stability due to water inflows, earthquakes, and other causes

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