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Natural disasters

Total questions: 101

Worksheet time: 1hrs 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

By the tornado it pulls every thing in

a)

True

b)

False

2.

🌋

(a)  

3.

地(构词)

a)

b)

c)

4.

地震

a)

True

b)

False

5.

E rth hake

a)

Earthquake

b)

Hurricane

c)

Tornado

d)

Tsunami

6.

海啸is tsunami

a)

True

b)

False

7.

A Can pull everything in

(a)  

8.

Natural disaster is a dangerous thing

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Tornado, earthquake, hurricane, tsunami, cyclone…

a)

b)

10.

Tor+nado

(a)  

11.

🌪☄️🌫🌊🌈

a)

Tornado

b)

Tsunami

c)

meteor

d)

fog

e)

Rainbow

12.

Witch one of theses is the strongest

a)

Cyclone

b)

Hurricane

c)

Tornado

13.

which one is more stronger? earthquake or tsunami

a)

Earthquake

b)

Tsunami

14.

Witch one of them is the strongest (more than 1.)

a)

Tornado

b)

Wildfire

c)

Tsunami

d)

Volcanic eruption

15.

What natural disaster is that

a)

Drought

b)

Famine

16.

What natural disaster is that

a)

Tornado

b)

Tsunami

c)

Earthquake

d)

Typhoon

17.
a)

Thunderstorm

b)

Fire

c)

Typhoon

d)

Tornado

18.

¿Qué desastre natural es?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Blizzard

c)

Flood

d)

Drought

19.

¿Hay huracanes (HURRICANES) en Mendoza?

a)

Yes

b)

No

20.

Which natural disaster causes most of its damage due to shaking?

a)

volcanoes

b)

tsunamis

c)

hurricanes

d)

earthquakes

21.

The map shows the storm surge that happened as the result of a hurricane. Each square with a number represents a house. The owners of each house thought that they purchased their house in the safest location. Which of the following owner statements is most accurate?

a)

House 20- "Being closer to the shore is the safest place to be during a storm surge because the waves will go right over my house."

b)

House 4 - "The trees will block a lot of the storm surge on its way to my house. My house is also farther from the shore than my neighbors. It will be more difficult for the storm surge to reach me!"

c)

House 7- "The storm surge will be blocked by the trees on the way to my house."

d)

House 18- "My house is surrounded by other houses so I will be protected from the storm surge."

22.

A storm surge is a large rise in ocean water levels that surges ashore during a hurricane. The table here provides information on the height of storm surges in a certain location, depending on the strength of the hurricane. To protect cities, levees are built. These are walls that hold back the water coming in from the ocean. If this location is likely to have hurricanes that are Category 3 or smaller over the next few years, what is the height of the smallest levee that will be needed to protect the city?

a)

3.5 meters

b)

4.5 meters

c)

5.5 meters

d)

6.5 meters

23.

What are the four major Natural Disasters that we studied? Check all that apply.

a)

Landslides

b)

Floods

c)

Tsunamis

d)

Earthquakes

e)

Volcanoes

24.

What is this natural disaster?

a)

Landslide

b)

Avalanche

c)

Tsunami

25.

What is this natural disaster?

a)

flood

b)

landslide

c)

earthquake

26.

What is this natural disaster?

a)

Hurricane

b)

Tsunami

c)

Tornado

27.

Choose the correct picture for:

Landslide

a)
b)
c)
28.

Choose the correct picture for:


Drought

a)
b)
c)
29.

What is this natural disaster?

a)

Drought

b)

Flood

c)

Tsunami

30.

Choose the correct picture for:


Tornado

a)
b)
c)
31.

What is this natural disaster?

a)

Forest Fire

b)

drought

c)

landslide

32.

What is this natural disaster?

a)

Hurricane

b)

Tornado

c)

Tsunami

33.

What is this natural disaster?

a)

explosion

b)

volcanic eruption

c)

drought

34.

a)

Tsunami

b)

Flood

c)

Oil spill

35.

The point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.

a)

Epicentre

b)

Equator

36.

A storm with a violent wind

a)

Vibration

b)

Hurricane

37.

Slightly wet

a)

Dry

b)

Moist

38.

Select the areas where tornadoes are most frequent in Canada.

a)

The east coast

b)

Southern Ontario

c)

The Prairies

d)

British Colombia

39.

Forest fires are mostly caused by:

(a)  

40.

How many earthquakes happen in Canada annually?

a)

500

b)

5000

c)

400

d)

4000

41.

Cyclone equal

a)

Hurricane

b)

Storm

c)

Thunderstorm

d)

Cyclone

42.

r/E/e./a/q/u/a/t/h/k. Do not copy

(a)  

43.

A lot of snow, ice, earth, or rocks that fall down a mountainside,

a)

hurricane

b)

drought

c)

avalanche

d)

flood

44.

A violent storm with a very strong wind and lots of rain.

a)

hurricane

b)

earthquake

c)

thunderstorm

d)

tornado

45.

A strong wind that moves in circles

a)

hurricane

b)

tornado

c)

thunderstorm

d)

earthquake

46.

A long time with no rain

a)

drought

b)

earthquake

c)

hurricane

d)

flood

47.

A long time with no rain

a)

drought

b)

earthquake

c)

hurricane

d)

flood

48.

A violent shaking of the earth's surface.

a)

forest fire

b)

volcanic eruption

c)

tornado

d)

earthquake

49.

A storm with thunder and lightning

a)

forest fire

b)

tornado

c)

thunderstorm

d)

Volcanic eruption

50.

An uncontrolled fire that burns vegetation

a)

volcanic eruption

b)

forest fire

c)

flood

d)

tsunami

51.

Hot lava and ashes that comes out of a volcano

a)

Volcan

b)

drought

c)

volcanic eruption

d)

fire

52.

What is the name of the natural disaster?

a)

Drought

b)

Flood

c)

Hurricane

d)

Tornado

53.

What is the name of the natural disaster?

a)

Flood

b)

Hurricane

c)

Tornado

d)

Rain

54.

What is the name of the natural disaster?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Tornado

c)

Tsunami

d)

Forest fire

55.

What is the name of the natural disaster?

a)

Forest fire

b)

Earthquake

c)

Hurricane

d)

Tornado

56.

What is the name of the natural disaster?

a)

Volcanic eruption

b)

Earthquake

c)

Flood

d)

Tornado

57.

What is the name of the natural disaster?

a)

Volcanic eruption

b)

Forest fire

c)

Flood

d)

Earthquake

58.

What is the name of the natural disaster?

a)

Tornado

b)

Forest fire

c)

Flood

d)

Hurricane

59.

What is the name of the natural disaster?

a)

Avalanche

b)

Volcanic eruption

c)

Tornado

d)

Flood

60.

What is the name of the natural disaster?

a)

Forest fire

b)

Volcanic eruption

c)

Tornado

d)

Hurricane

61.

There are over 1000 tornadoes in the USA every year.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

62.

What is this natural disaster?

a)

Landslide

b)

wildfire

c)

hurricane

d)

Avalanche

63.

What is this natural disaster?

a)

Wildfire

b)

Hurricane

c)

Earthquake

d)

Volcano eruption

64.

What is this natural disaster?

a)

Blizzard

b)

Earthquake

c)

Avalanche

d)

None of them

65.

What is this natural disaster?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Flood

c)

Tsunami

d)

Hurricane

66.

What is this natural disaster?

a)

Hurricane

b)

Landslide

c)

Avalanche

d)

Thunderstorm

67.

What is this natural disaster?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Flood

c)

Drought

d)

Tsunami

68.

What is this natural disaster?

a)

Tsunami

b)

Flood

c)

Wildfire

d)

I don't know

69.

What is this natural disaster?

a)

Storm

b)

Landslide

c)

Thunderstorm

d)

I have no idea

70.

What is this natural disaster?

a)

Volcano eruption

b)

Earthquake

c)

Flood

d)

Wildfire

71.

What is this natural disaster?

a)

Flood

b)

Earthquake

c)

Tsunami

d)

Landslide

72.
This is a
a)
tornado
b)
hurricane
c)
flood
d)
blizzard
73.
Hurricanes are storms that_______
a)
form over the mountains
b)
form over oceans
c)
form by plains
d)
are shaped like cones
74.
Tornadoes have _______________ winds shaped like cones.
a)
spinning
b)
hot
c)
weak
d)
small
75.
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
76.
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
77.
When people have to leave a place because of danger.
a)
evacuate
b)
storm
c)
flood
d)
drought
78.
A place where people can sleep in an emergency if they cannot stay in their house.
a)
evacuate
b)
emergency shelter
c)
thunder
d)
aftershock
79.
A disaster when there is no rain for a long time and everything is dry.
a)
flood
b)
drought
c)
evacuate
d)
hurricane
80.

A disaster when there is no food for people to eat.

a)

earthquake

b)

drought

c)

famine

d)

lightning

81.
A sudden shaking of the earth's surface that can cause a lot of damage.
a)
earthquake
b)
avalanche
c)
hurricane
d)
tornado
82.
A small earthquake after a larger one.
a)
aftershock
b)
avalanche
c)
drought
d)
storm
83.
A small earthquake after a larger one.
a)
aftershock
b)
avalanche
c)
drought
d)
storm
84.
A disaster when a lot of snow moves quickly down a mountain.
a)
aftershock
b)
famine
c)
flood
d)
avalanche
85.
The loud noise you hear during a storm, usually after you see lightning.
a)
thunder
b)
hurricane
c)
tsunami
d)
evacuate
86.
A powerful flash of light in the sky caused by electricity.
a)
lightning
b)
thunder
c)
storm
d)
drought
87.
A period of bad weather when there is a lot of rain or snow, usually with strong wind.
a)
famine
b)
emergency shelter
c)
tsunami
d)
storm
88.
A disaster that has very fast winds that begins over warm water
a)
tornado
b)
hurricane
c)
avalanche
d)
tsunami
89.
A disaster when there is air that spins around very quickly in the shape of a funnel.
a)
drought
b)
tornado
c)
flood
d)
earthquake
90.
A disaster when there is a lot of water and it covers the streets and can go into houses and stores.
a)
tornado
b)
thunder
c)
flood
d)
drought
91.
A very big wave of water that can destroy towns near the ocean.
a)
tsunami
b)
evacuate
c)
avalanche
d)
tornado
92.
The middle of the hurricane is called the ___.
a)
eye
b)
foot
c)
mouth
d)
nose
93.

What is the place in the United States where the most tornadoes happen?

a)

California

b)

Tornado Alley

c)

Tornado States

d)

Middle America

94.

What causes an Earthquake?

a)

Tectonic plates in the Earth moving and sliding.

b)

Giants racing across the Earth.

c)

Masses of people jumping up and down all at once.

95.

Landslides are caused by...

a)

The trees deciding that they want a new home.

b)

Landslides are not real.

c)

Gravity pulling soil down a cliff or mountain that has been loosened by rain or weathering.

96.

Volcanoes are...

a)

just like ant hills

b)

created by magma formed beneath the Earths crust that gets pushed up through cracks in the Earth's surface.

c)

a figment of our imagination.

97.

Volcanoes are...

a)

just like ant hills

b)

created by magma formed beneath the Earths crust that gets pushed up through cracks in the Earth's surface.

c)

a figment of our imagination.

98.

Tsunamis are caused by...

a)

underwater Earthquakes that create large ripples in the water that eventually push out into land.

b)

someone leaving the faucet running for too long.

c)

someone doing a huge cannon ball in the middle of the ocean.

99.

The "Ring of Fire" refers to...

a)

the path of volcanoes along the Pacific Ocean where the majority of volcanoes and Earthquakes take place.

b)

The pretty rings you wear around your fingers.

c)

The bubble volcano in Finding Nemo

100.

tornado can

a)

Can pull everything in

b)

Crack in to tectonic plates

c)

It wash’s everything

d)

everything will be flying

101.

What natural disaster have you not seen in this quiz yet. Hurricane Earthquake Tornado Tsunami Cyclone Typhoon Sinkhole Sandstorm Hailstorm

(a)