2-5 How can you save a town from a hurricane?

Fill in the blank: The amount of money you have to spend on something is called a _______.

• budget

• receipt

• invoice

• expense

Fill in the blank: Something that limits what you can do is called a _______.

• constraint

• opportunity

• advantage

• resource

Fill in the blank: The height of something is called its _______.

• elevation

• temperature

• volume

• density

Fill in the blank: A person who uses science to come up with solutions to problems is called an _______.

• engineer

• artist

• chef

• musician

Fill in the blank: The process of a liquid changing to a gas is called _______.

• evaporation

• condensation

• freezing

• sublimation

Fill in the blank: An overflow of water is called a _______.

• flood

• drought

• earthquake

• volcano

Fill in the blank: A type of windstorm that starts as a smaller storm over the ocean is called a _______.

• hurricane

• tornado

• blizzard

• dust devil

Fill in the blank: A barrier built to prevent an overflow of water from a river is called a _______.

• levee

• dam

• canal

• bridge

Fill in the blank: The harmful impacts on humans that happen after a natural hazard, such as a landslide, earthquake, hurricane, or wildfire, are called a _______.

• natural disaster

• weather report

• ecosystem

• forecast

Fill in the blank: An event in nature (such as a landslide, earthquake, hurricane, or wildfire) that can be dangerous to living things is called a _______.

• natural hazard

• ecosystem

• weather pattern

• habitat