Catastrophic Events

During this catastrophic event, the unstable ground can cause buildings to collapse and gas lines to break.

• tornado

• hurricane

• volcano

• earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The storm surge caused by these catastrophic events can bring salt water into fresh water habitats, killing the plants and animals that live there.

• tsunamis and volcanoes

• tsunamis and hurricanes

• hurricanes and volcanoes

• tornadoes and tsumanis

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

can be caused by humans, geological events, and weather

• wildfires and droughts

• wildfires

• floods

• wildfires and floods

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Most catastrophic events destroy homes, animal habitats, and crops.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Some catastrophic events have positive effects.

• true

• false

makes new land and deposits nutrient rich ash

• flood

• wildfire

• volcano

• tsunami

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

These catastrophic events are caused by a geological event

• earthquakes and volcanoes

• earthquakes and tsunamis

• tsunamis and volcanoes

• earthquakes, tsunamis & volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Caused by weather

• hurricanes

• tornadoes

• hurricanes, tornadoes and droughts

• droughts

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This catastrophic event has the positive effect of depositing fertile soil on the river's flood plain

• wildfire

• volcano

• tornado

• flood

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which catastrophic event would most likely result in trees being knocked over and the disappearance of many plants and animals along a NARROW path? *

• hurricane

• tornado

• tsunami

• flood