Natural Disasters

Where do hurricanes develop?

• Land
• Ocean
• Rivers

The wind of hurricanes spins the clouds into what shape?

• squares
• circles
• triangles

What happens when the ground can not hold anymore water?

• Tornado happens
• Flash flood happens
• Drought happens

Which characteristics below describe a blizzard?

• Cold air, snow, wind
• Lasts 3 hours, windy, low visibility
• Lasts 1 hour, snowy, cold
• Low visibility, cold

What is a flood?

• a large amount of water that overflowed from a lake or river
• a large amount of water from the ocean
• a deep lake
• a deep river

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What is erosion?

• piles of dirt and rocks
• cracks in the Earth
• wearing away of rock and soil caused by water, wind or ice.

How do you protect from a hurricane?

• evacuate the area and put all outside belongings indoors
• go to your basement
• call 911
• get materials for warmth and hide in your house

Which material melts ice the fastest?

• sugar
• air
• salt
• water

Which storm can cause flooding?

• hurricanes
• blizzards
• tsunamis
• all of the above

Hurricanes develop over _______________ water temperatures.

• 80 degree or above
• -10 degree
• 40 degree 
• 15 degree