Natural Disasters

1. What is the purpose of this passage?

• to entertain

• to inform

• to persuade

• to scare

2. Which of the disasters listed in the passage needs water to form?

• earthquakes

• hurricanes

• tornadoes

• volcanoes

3. Which of the following can occur in your area?

• tornado

• hurricane

• earthquake

• volcano

4. Which of the following make a hurricane dangerous?

• molten lava

• high winds

• shaking ground

• funnels

5. How are hurricanes and tornadoes similar?

• they both have high winds

• they both have rain and lave

• the both involve funnels

• they both happen because of volcanic eruption