Natural Disasters

Which type of storm is a severe snowstorm with winds over 35 mph?

• hurricane

• tropical storm

• thunderstorm

• blizzard

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What do we call a rotating funnel-shaped cloud with wind speeds up to 300 mph?

• hurricane

• tornado

• thunderstorm

• blizzard

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of storm looks like a spiral of clouds with a hole in the center?

• blizzard

• hurricane

• thunderstorm

• tornado

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Where should you go to stay safe during a tornado?

• outside

• a room with many windows

• a screened in porch

• a basement or inside room with no windows

Locations of natural disasters like volcanoes and earthquakes can be described as...

• forming in a pattern

• forming randomly on Earth

• Only found in the ocean

• Only found in South America

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Volcanoes are...

• just as likely to happen in the middle of a continent as they are on the coast

• more likely to happen on the coast of a continent

• randomly popping up in all parts of the continents

• never found in the ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

We cannot predict the exact moment a natural disaster will occur, but we do know...

• what day they will happen on

• how big the natural disaster will be

• where the natural disaster is likely to occur

• how many people will be killed in the natural disaster

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What are tsunamis?

• giant waves caused by wind

• giant waves caused by animals

• giant waves caused by storms

• giant waves caused by underwater earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Natural disasters like tornadoes and floods are caused by weather. But natural disasters like volcanoes and earthquakes are caused by...

• the Sun

• movement of tectonic plates

• water

• the Earth moving around the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Where are volcanoes, earthquakes, and mountains formed?

• In the middle of tectonic plates

• In the mantle

• On the edges of tectonic plates

• In the core of the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2