Floods

How much money do floods cause in damage every year?

• 12 million

• 1 billion

• 3 billion

• 5 billion

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is a prepared path for flood waters to flow over, often to prevent damage to communities?

• dam

• flood

• floodplain

• levee

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

Positive result of floods.

• Crop production.

• Death

• Increase drainage.

• Inflitration.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This is an overflow of water onto land.

• Flood

• Drought

• Both

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Many floods occur when the volume of water in a ________ increases so much that it overflows.

• pond

• ocean

• lake

• river

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Floods are caused by ______ rains

• hard

• heavy

• harm

• cloudy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is a way to control floods?

• go inside your house

• build a dam

• build a sand pile

• pile up leaves and branches

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

This is the most common natural disaster in the world.

• Flood

• Drought

• Both

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

This natural disaster happens very quickly.

• Flood

• Drought

• Both

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

This natural disaster is caused by too much rain

that cannot be absorbed by the soil

• Flood

• Drought

• Both

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