Check In: Hurricanes

Which body of water is NOT surrounding New Orleans?

• Gulf of Mexico
• Mississippi River
• Lake Pontchartrain
• New Orleans River

How far below sea level is New Orleans?

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.5

Which levee broke causing the most flooding to New Orleans?

• 1st street
• 13th street
• 17th street
• 21 street
• The French Quarter

What was the main cause for the levees breaking?

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans as a Category ______, but had been as strong as a Category ______?

• 3, 5
• 1, 3
• 2, 3
• 3, 4
• 4, 5

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Name 1 impact of Hurricane Katrina on the environment in New Orleans.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Most of the damage from Hurricane Helene was due to?

• Storm Surge in Florida
• Flooding
• Wind

Hurricane Milton hit the same general area as Hurricane Helene.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What Caribbean God of Evil gave hurricane's their name?

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What direction do hurricanes spin in the Northern Hemisphere?

• Clockwise
• Counter-clockwise

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6