WorksheetsNatural Hazards
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What prevention technique for a flood is in this picture?
Flood wall
Levee
Sandbagging wall
Dam
The scale used to categorize a tornado is called...
Richter Scale
Enhanced Fujita Scale
Flood Stage Scale
Mexican Fajita Scale
What does it mean to mitigate a problem?
Make it worse
Make it better
Lessen the shine
Lessen the severity/ damage
What is this machine called that measures earthquakes?
Doppler Radar
EF Scale
Seismograph
Richter Scale
This technology helps us to predict tornadoes by looking for wind speed, rain intensity, and wind directions.
Enhanced Fujita Scale
Doppler Radar
Seismograph
Water gauge
Where do earthquakes occur?
Middle of the U.S. (midwest)
Florida/ coastline
West coast (California)
Southern U.S. (Alabama)
Where do floods happen?
Locations near large bodies of water (rivers, coastline, lakes)
Locations near the desert (Nevada/ New Mexico)
Locations near the top of mountains (Utah/ Colorado)
Where do most tornadoes happen?
Middle America (midwest, MO, KS, etc.)
Deep South (Southern Florida)
Northern States (UT, MN, WI)
What time of year do most tornadoes occur?
Spring/ Early Summer
Fall
Winter
What time of year do most floods occur?
Winter
Summer
Spring
Fall
What time of year do earthquakes occur?
Fall
Summer
Spring
Anytime of year
How can you predict if a tornado will occur?
Stream gauge data
Reading doppler radar/ forecasts
levels of radon in groundwater
How can you predict if flooding will occur?
Circling winds
Stream gauge data
Levels of radon in groundwater
How can you predict if an earthquake will happen?
You cannot predict with 100% certainty
Stream gauge data
Doppler radar/ forecasting
What ways can we mitigate the effects of tornadoes?
flexible foundations
levees, sandbags, flood gates, etc.
sirens, alerts, wind resistant buildings, shelter
How can we mitigate the effects of earthquakes?
secure heavy objects, flexible foundations, strong building materials
sandbags, levees, flood walls, flood gates, etc.
sirens, alerts, wind resistant buildings, shelter
How can we mitigate the effects of floods?
secure heavy objects, flexible foundations
levees, sandbags, flood gates, flood walls
sirens, alerts, wind resistant buildings, shelter
What do we look at on radar to predict tornadoes?
Red and green
Multiple colors
A hook, red and green meeting (white/ blue area), debri ball
What is velocity mode when reading doppler radar?
Measures winds moving towards and away from the radar.
Bounces off precipitation within the storm
What is reflectivity mode when reading doppler radar?
Measures winds moving toward and away from the radar.
Bounces off precipitation within the storm.
