Dust Bowl Disaster

Dust Bowl Disaster

Multiple Choice

Where did the Dust Bowl take place?

• central California

• the East Coast

• the Great Plains

• the Great Lakes region

Multiple Choice

What did farmers do to prepare the land to plant crops such as wheat and corn?

• dig lots of wells

• pull up tall prairie grasses

• build terraces to plant on

• chop down forests

Multiple Choice

In the years before Dust Bowl, farmers ____.

• grew large, successful harvests

• did not use plows

• used the land carefully

• knew how to control the wind

Multiple Choice

Which was NOT an effect of the dust storms?

• The air became difficult to breathe.

• Crops were destroyed or burried.

• More people moved to the Great Plains region.

• Homes and farms were covered with dust.

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of an interaction between the atmosphere (air) and the geosphere (land)?

• Wind picked up dry soil causing dust storms.

• Lack of rain caused crops to die.

• Farmers over-plowed the land.

• People had to move away.

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a CHANGE in the interaction of the hydrosphere (water) and geosphere (land)?

• Farmers pulled up tall prairie grasses.

• Dust storms made it difficult to breathe.

• Less water evaporated to make clouds and rain.

• An extreme drought made the soil dry and loose.

Multiple Choice

Which of these statements is true?

• Many changes caused the Dust Bowl.

• The Dust Bowl lasted for one year.

• Animals were not affected by the Dust Bowl.

• Human actions did not help cause the Dust Bowl.