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WorksheetsNatural disasters
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which natural disaster is a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground?
a)
Drought
b)
Tornado
c)
Earthquake
d)
Hurricane
2.
Which natural disaster is a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water resulting from this?
a)
Flood
b)
Blizzards
c)
Drought
d)
Hurricane
3.
Which natural disaster is the sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff?
a)
Landslide
b)
Tsunami
c)
Thunderstorm
d)
Tornado
4.
Which natural disaster is a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance?
a)
Hurricane
b)
Flood
c)
Wildfire
d)
Tsunami
5.
Which natural disaster is a mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside?
a)
Volcano Eruption
b)
Sinkhole
c)
Avalanche
d)
Flooding
6.
Which natural disaster is a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean?
a)
Tornado
b)
Hurricane
c)
Blizzards
d)
Landslide
7.
Which natural disaster is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer?
a)
Sinkhole
b)
Drought
c)
Hurricane
d)
Thunderstorm
8.
Which natural disaster is an overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is normally dry land?
a)
Tsunami
b)
Drought
c)
Tornado
d)
Flooding
9.
Which natural disaster is a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush?
a)
Wildfire
b)
Drought
c)
Tasunami
d)
Hurricane
10.
Which natural disaster is a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Tsunami
c)
Thunderstorm
d)
Flooding
11.
Floods happen when_________
a)
too much snow and winds are present
b)
too much rain in a short period of time
c)
too much rain in mountains
d)
too much rain inside a cave
12.
Earthquakes happen when__________
a)
2 pieces of Earth shift
b)
2 pieces of rocks erode
c)
strong winds form
d)
strong winds form over oceans
13.
This is a
a)
tornado
b)
hurricane
c)
flood
d)
blizzard
14.
Hurricanes are storms that_______
a)
form over the mountains
b)
form over oceans
c)
form by plains
d)
are shaped like cones
15.
a)
avalanche
b)
strom
c)
earthquake
d)
wildfire
16.
a)
tsunami
b)
hurricane
c)
tornado
d)
storm
17.
a)
volcano
b)
mudslide
c)
ash
d)
lava
18.
a)
fire
b)
flood
c)
drought
d)
ash
19.
a)
hurricane
b)
flood
c)
tsunami
d)
tornado
20.
a)
flood
b)
avalanche
c)
tornado
d)
hurricane
21.
a)
mudslide
b)
lightning
c)
tornado
d)
wildfire
22.
a)
flood
b)
drought
c)
mudslide
d)
lava
23.
a)
storm
b)
tornado
c)
lightning
d)
hurricane
24.
a)
volcano
b)
wildfire
c)
ash
d)
smoke
25.
a)
flood
b)
snow
c)
earthquake
d)
avalanche
26.
a)
tsunami
b)
hurricane
c)
mudslide
d)
tornado
27.
a)
ash
b)
smoke
c)
lava
d)
volcano
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