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WorksheetsStaying Safe During Storms + Natural Hazards
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
What does a storm warning indicate?
Severe weather conditions
Heavy rainfall
Sunny weather
Mild breeze
What should you do when a storm warning is issued?
Take immediate action to ensure safety by staying informed, seeking shelter, securing property, staying away from water, staying connected, and following instructions.
Ignore the warning and continue with your daily activities
Leave your property unsecured and unprotected
Go outside and enjoy the storm
How can you stay informed during a storm?
Stay updated by reading books
Stay updated by asking your neighbors
Stay updated by going outside and observing the storm
Stay updated through radio, TV, websites, and social media.
What should you do if you hear thunder during a storm?
Seek shelter immediately.
Ignore the thunder and continue with your activities.
Stand under a tree for protection.
Go outside and enjoy the storm.
What should you do if you're traveling during a severe storm and a flash flood occurs?
Find a safe place on high ground to pull off the road and wait for conditions to improve.
Open the car windows to try to see better and keep going.
Get out of your car and swim home through the floodwaters.
Find a safe place to pull off of the road, get out of your car, and walk.
What is the safest place to be during a storm?
Under a tree
On a rooftop
Indoors
In an open field
Which of the following homes would be suitable to build in an area that floods often? Select the two best options.
People who live within the Ring of Fire must build houses that can safely withstand the effects of--
only earthquakes
only volcanic eruptions
both earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
neither earthquakes nor volcanic eruptions
You live close to an active volcano. Which of the following would be good solutions to protect your house from ash and lava from a volcano? Select the two best choices.
Build house of all wood
Build house with strong roof and walls of fire-proof materials
Build house with a supported roof and barrier toward the volcano
Build house with a lot of plants surrounding it
Look at the world map provided. Based on this map, volcanoes and earthquakes both mostly occur...
(a)
