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Catastrophic Events Succession quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What catastrophic events leads to flooding?

a)

Hurricane

b)

Tsunami

c)

Forest Fire

d)

Tornado

2.

What is primary succession?

a)

An ecosystem starting from dirt

b)

The converting of light into energy

c)

An ecosystem starting from rock

d)

Fertilizer runoff from a farm

3.

What events can cause primary succession?

a)

A flood

b)

A volcano

c)

A tornado

d)

Glacier movement

4.

What is secondary succession?

a)

An ecosystem starting from rock

b)

An ecosystem starting from dirt

c)

A tornado

d)

An earthquake

5.

What succession does a tornado cause?

a)

secondary succession

b)

Destroyed buildings

c)

primary succession

6.

If a pond is a hole in the ground and the earth fixes itself, what will happen to the pond after a few years?

a)

The pond will stay the same

b)

The pond will slowly be put back as ground by filling with plants and dirt

c)

The pond will fill back up with sediment and dirt and become ground

7.

What is a climax community?

a)

The peak point of an ecosystem

b)

A stable community

c)

When a community has returned to it's old self

d)

All of the above

8.

What is a catastrophic event?

a)

A massive storm

b)

Something really bad happening

c)

A crisis

d)

An apocalypse

9.

what catastrophic events would affect a coastal city?

a)

Tsunami

b)

Wildfire

c)

Hurricane

d)

Earthquake

10.

What type of Succession would occur after a Hurricane?

a)

Secondary

b)

Primary

c)

Flooding

d)

Climax community

11.

How many types of disasters are there? (wind,water,fire,earth)

a)

A lot of them

b)

4

c)

7

12.

What happens after a tornado hits?

a)

A long thin path is left in its wake

b)

People start to rebuild

c)

Succession starts

13.

How many different ways of measuring catastrophe's are there?

a)

12

b)

I don't know

c)

3

d)

none

14.

How many catastrophes can we predict?

a)

Earthquakes

b)

All of them

c)

none of them

d)

Hurricane

15.

What is the name of this quizizz?

a)

catastrophes

b)

Catastrophic Events succession

c)

Catastrophic Events Succession

16.

what would you rate this quiz so far?

a)

1-2

b)

3-4

c)

5-6

d)

7-8

e)

9-10

17.

How many times do you think that a tornado hits a year in the U.S.?

a)

500

b)

1000

c)

100

d)

10

18.

How many times a year does an Earthquake hit?

a)

1200-1400

b)

20

c)

5

d)

18

19.

How many times a year does a hurricane hit the U.S.?

a)

1

b)

5

c)

2

d)

7

20.

How many times a year does a Tsunami hit?

a)

5

b)

20

c)

10

d)

2