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Unit 4 Natural Disasters Test Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of natural disaster is this?

a)

hurricane

b)

tornado

c)

volcanic eruption

d)

earthquake

2.

What type of natural disaster is this?

a)

tornado

b)

earthquake

c)

landslide

d)

flood

3.

What type of natural disaster is this?

a)

tornado

b)

hurricane

c)

earthquake

d)

tsunami

4.

What type of natural disaster is this?

a)

blizzard

b)

flood

c)

hurricane

d)

landslide

5.

What type of natural disaster is this?

a)

earthquake

b)

tornado

c)

volcanic eruption

d)

tsunami

6.

What type of natural disaster is this?

a)

volcanic eruption

b)

landslide

c)

drought

d)

tsunami

7.

What type of natural disaster is this?

a)

earthquake

b)

landslide

c)

tornado

d)

flood

8.

What type of natural disaster is this?

a)

tornado

b)

flood

c)

hurricane

d)

landslide

9.

Which states are the MOST VULNERABLE to flooding?

a)

Wyoming, New Mexico, Maine, & New Hampshire

b)

South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida

c)

California, Oregon, Washington

d)

Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana

10.

Which states are the MOST VULNERABLE to hurricanes?

a)

Georgia, South Carolina, Texas

b)

Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina

c)

California, Oregon, Washington

d)

Alaska & Hawaii

11.

Which states are the MOST VULNERABLE to droughts?

a)

Texas, Kansas, Alabama, Georgia

b)

North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska

c)

Alaska & Hawaii

d)

Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts

12.

Which region is the MOST VULNERABLE to winter storms/ blizzards?

a)

Midwest

b)

West

c)

Southwest

d)

Northeast

13.

Concrete walls are strong and make you less vulnerable to things like earthquakes and tsunamis.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

One way to make a home less vulnerable to flooding is to put it on stilts or to raise it.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

One way to make a home less vulnerable to fires is to make it round or dome shaped.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Which of the following are reasons that a higher, or more developed, economy is less vulnerable to natural disasters? (Choose all that apply)

a)

They can afford better resources to build stronger buildings

b)

They have more resources to rebuild after a disaster hits

c)

They are able to afford tools to better predict disasters

d)

They can change the route a storm takes

17.

Which of the following items should be included in a natural disaster safety kit? (Choose all that apply)

a)

radio

b)

batteries

c)

milk

d)

water

18.

Death of plants is a negative effect of this disaster.

a)

earthquake

b)

blizzard

c)

drought

19.

A negative effect of this disaster is that it can cause a tsunami.

a)

earthquake

b)

blizzard

c)

drought

d)

wildfire

20.

A negative effect of this disaster is that it can cause frost bite.

a)

earthquake

b)

blizzard

c)

drought

d)

wildfire

21.

A negative effect of this disaster is that it can cause respiratory illness.

a)

earthquake

b)

blizzard

c)

drought

d)

wildfire

22.

A positive effect of this disaster is that it opens the forest floor to sunlight.

a)

tsunami

b)

landslide

c)

volcanic eruption

d)

wildfire

23.

A positive effect of this disaster is that it exposes minerals.

a)

tsunami

b)

landslide

c)

volcanic eruption

d)

wildfire

24.

A positive effect of this disaster is that it creates new land.

a)

tsunami

b)

landslide

c)

volcanic eruption

d)

wildfire

25.

A positive effect of this disaster is that it fills dried marshes.

a)

tsunami

b)

landslide

c)

volcanic eruption

d)

wildfire