Natural Disasters Quiz

What is a catastrophic event?

• Causes damage to land and puts living things in danger.

• Includes land building, conservation, and wildlife protection.

• May include some bad weather.

• Does not change how plants and animals live.

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What is the impact of a hurricane on barrier islands?

• Organisms use the island for shelter.

• Deposition of sediment.

• Erosion of island below sea level.

• Increase in biodiversity.

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What is an impact of a tornado on the environment?

• Decrease in soil erosion.

• Increase in biodiversity.

• Loss of vegetation and migration of animals.

• Decrease in ecological succession.

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Which catastrophic event is not limited to any geographical area and can occur due to human activity or nature?

• Earthquake.

• Drought.

• Flood.

• Mudslide.

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What are some positive effects of a forest fire?

• Increases annual rainfall by forming more clouds.

• Clears underbrush to allow new plants to grow.

• Drives away predators that eat smaller animals.

• Provides heat mammals need in colder seasons.

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What is an earthquake?

• Storm drains, dams, floodways, levees.

• When warm air mass and cold air mass meet.

• Uncontrolled blazes fueled by weather, wind, and dry underbrush, they can burn acres of land and consume everything in their paths.

• Result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves.

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Which organisms will be most negatively affected by the strong winds associated with a tornado?

• Smaller mammals that burrow underground.

• Birds and other animals that use trees for shelter.

• Organisms that feed on decaying plants and animals.

• Fish that feed around coral reefs.

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In a marsh ecosystem that experiences a hurricane, which of the following would be the most likely effect?

• More burrowing animals living in the deeper soil layers.

• Increase in diversity of organisms due to more competition.

• Death of most organisms due to fires from lightning strikes.

• A loss of plant life because of saltwater brought in by storm surge.

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Which of these is most likely observed in an area experiencing a long-term drought?

• Trees with broad leaves will be more healthy than trees with needle like leaves.

• Trees with leaves that have waxy coverings will be more healthy than trees without wax-covered leaves.

• Trees with broad leaves will be more healthy than trees with small, flat leaves.

• Trees with leaves without any hairlike structures will be more healthy than trees with leaves covered by hairlike structures.

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What is the relationship between ecological succession and equilibrium in an ecosystem?

• Ecological succession helps maintain equilibrium in an ecosystem.

• Ecological succession prevents ecosystems from ever reaching equilibrium.

• There is no relationship between ecological succession and equilibrium.

• Ecological succession and equilibrium are the same thing.

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