Unit 9: Natural disasters

Choose the correct answers.

The waves of the_________ were so huge that it destroyed everything on the beach.

• tornado    

• tornado    

• tsunami  

• earthquake

Five skiers are missing after the_________ in the Alps.

• drought   

• landslide

• flood   

• avalanche

After the_________ all the houses were left under water.

• flood

• tornado   

• typhoon

• mudslide

It took firefighters five days to put out the_________.

• hurricane

• forest fire

• tsunami

• drought

A period of 3- 4 months without rain will cause a severe_________.

• typhoon

• earthquake   

• drought

• flood

The_________ picked up the car and threw it 100 meters into the air. That’s an incredibly strong wind!

• tornado

• volcanic eruption

• landslide  

• typhoon

The_________ shook parts of the region around Tokyo on Saturday. It was 5 on the Richter Scale.

• hurricane  

• flood

• earthquake

• tornado

_________ occur when a large amount of water causes the rapid erosion of soil on a steep slope.

• Tsunamis  

• Tornados

• Avalanches

• Mudslides

A big storm in the Pacific is known as a_________.

• avalanche

• typhoon  

• tsunami  

• tornado

Mount Merapi in Indonesia is a famous_________.

• landslide  

• typhoon   

• volcano  

• tornado