Quiz on House Design

Is the image an effective house design to protect the home against floods?

• Yes

• No

Is the image an effective house design to protect the home against floods?

• Yes

• No

Can Lava Be Stopped? Engineers are able to divert lava flows from neighborhoods. Mark only one oval.

• True

• False

Why is having an evacuation plan important? Mark only one oval.

• so people can leave quickly and orderly

• to stop the natural disaster before it strikes

• so the cleanup from the disaster is quicker

• to reduce the amount of damaged property

To evacuate means to ______________________. Mark only one oval.

• stay in one location

• move from a dangerous place to a safer one

• move to a dangerous place

• to show movies

Earthquakes are a release of tensions between tectonic plates. Mark only one oval.

• True

• False

An Earth's process is anything that naturally changes the way that the Earth looks. Mark only one oval.

• True

• False

What makes landslides and avalanches so powerful? Mark only one oval.

• rocks and slopes

• gravity and friction

• flooding and erosion

• volcanoes and earthquakes

Flash floods happen____________________. Mark only one oval.

• only in the summer months

• quickly

• slowly over many days

• only in the state of Alabama

What causes a landslide? Mark only one oval.

• magma pushed up through the crust

• underwater earthquake or volcano

• excess rain or broken dam

• release of pressure between plates

• erosion by water or humans