Big Ideas in Natural Hazards
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8th Grade
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1.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Match the Big Idea to the definition
Can't be created or destroyed
Systems and System Models
Consistent or repeated structures/events
Scale, Proportion, and Quantity
Different measures of size and time
Cause and effect
Representiong how things interact
Patterns
The reasons and results of something
Energy and Matter
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-1
NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
NGSS.MS-LS2-3
NGSS.MS-LS3-1
NGSS.MS-PS1-5
2.
CLASSIFICATION QUESTION
3 mins • 4 pts
Sort the definitions based on the Big Idea they represent
Groups:
(a) Structure and Function
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(b) Stability and Change
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(c) Patterns
,
(d) Cause and Effect
How something is built determines how it is used
What happens after an event
The reasons for an event
Repetition
The parts of something make it work a certain way
Consistentcy
Staying the same over time
Becoming different over time
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ETS1-1
NGSS.MS-LS1-3
NGSS.MS-LS4-4
3.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
1 min • 4 pts
What Big Ideas are best represented by this graph? (a) (b) (c) (d)
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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
4.
CLASSIFICATION QUESTION
3 mins • 4 pts
Sort the examples based on the Big Idea they represent. There are two examples for every Big Idea
Groups:
(a) Structure and Function
,
(b) Stability and Change
,
(c) Patterns
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(d) Cause and Effect
Birds have wings so they can fly
The moon has the same series of phases every 27-28 days
The Colorado River caused erosion of rock layers and made the Grand Canyon
Chemicals like ammonia and bleach are stable on their own but change to a poison gas if combined
When you don't wash your hands, you can get sick from germs
The structured order of rock layers in the earth acts like a timeline of their relative ages
Some fossils are consistently found in the same rock layers
Ancient fossils can be preserved in rock layers for millions of years
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which idea from natural hazards does NOT represents a pattern?
Last year, Tucson had over 66 days where the temperature was 100 degrees or more.
A Doppler radar constantly sends out radio waves and measures them as they return to detect storms and other types of weather.
Most volcanoes and earthquakes are found near the Ring of Fire around the Pacific Ocean.
Hurricanes Katrina cost over $161 billion in damages.
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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
6.
REORDER QUESTION
1 min • 3 pts
Reorder the following events to show the cause and effect of volcanic eruption
Some eruptions can be explosive, creating fiery clouds that destroy anything they fall on
Ash falling from explosive eruptions can mix with water and create dangerous mudflows, or lahars
Molten rock or magma is moving under the surface of the earth
Earthquakes or other disturbances cause magma to be pushed up to the surface
Volcanic clouds in the atmosphere can drift around the world and affect global weather by blocking sunlight
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
7.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
3 mins • 2 pts
When water on the ocean's surface is (a) , a storm sucks up heat (b) from the water. More energy means (c) moisture in the air, which means the storm can become a (d) . The energy of a storm can affect (e) when the force of the wind and rain destroys tress, buildings, and anything else in its path.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
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