Unit 1 Section 2 Review

Hurricanes form when warm and moist air rise into the atmosphere.

• True
• False

The Saffir-Simpson scale is used...

• to map the path of a hurricane.

• to rate how many people will be affected by a hurricane.

• to name a hurricane.

• to rate hurricane strength based on its wind speed.

Identify whether the following detail is a description or fact.

By then, Katrina spanned more than 400 miles (640 km).

• Fact

• Description

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Identify whether the following detail is a description or fact.

A storm surge is the wall of wind-driven water that comes before a hurricane.

• Fact

• Description

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Identify whether the following detail is a description or fact.

Neighborhoods and towns near coastal beaches were wiped out.

• Fact

• Description

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Identify whether the following detail is a description or fact.

Winds as fast as 130 miles per hour howled.

• Fact

• Description

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What was the main cause of major devastation in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina?

• Heavy rainfalls

• Levee Breach

• Failure to evacuate

• Not enough bus drivers

Match the picture to the vocabulary word.

• stranded

• 
• overwhelm

• 
• huddle

• 
• churned

• 
• evacuate

• 

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Listen to the audio. Then, spell the word.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.6

Listen to the audio. Then, spell the word.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B