Floods

Floods are overflows of large amounts of water onto land that is normally dry.

• True

• False

What type of flood is this?

• flash flood

• coastal flood

• river flood

What type of flood is this?

• Coastal flood

• River flood

• Flash flood

What type of flood is this?

• Flash flood

• River flood

• Coastal flood

what are the natural sources of floodwater?

• rainfall, snowmelt ,underground water

• snowmelt, storm surge, glaciers

• storm surge, rainfall, snowmelt

• waterfall, storm surge, rainfall

which is the correct order of rainfall intensity (from weak to strong)

• Thunderstorm, tropical storm, tropical cyclones

• Drizzle, shower, thunderstorm, tropical storm, tropical cyclone

• Drizzle, shower, tropical storm, thunderstorm, tropical cyclone

• Drizzle, heavy rain, thunderstorm, tropical cyclone

An example of a storm with high intensity and prolonged rainfall is a ___________________

• tropical cyclone

• thunderstorm

• shower

• drizzle

Snowmelt happens in temperate countries during_________________

• summer

• autumn

• winter

• spring

This country has cities like Amsterdam and Rotterdam that lies several metres below sea level.

• Germany

• England

• Netherlands

• Italy

Permeability of surface cover affects the speed of water that can infiltrate into the ground. List the following surface cover from least permeable to most permeable.

• concrete, clay, fine sand, gravel

• concrete, gravel, fine sand, clay

• concrete, clay, gravel, fine sand

• clay, fine sand, concrete, gravel