Catastrophic Events

Which of the following correctly matches the catastrophic event with its impact?

• Heavy flooding increases the number of species in an area.

• A tornado causes seawater to move onto the coast.

• A hurricane increases erosion and makes a beach smaller.

• A wildfire increases the number of habitats for organisms.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What catastrophic event does this picture depict? 

• Tsunami

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What catastrophic event could cause plants to die due to salt water invasion?

• Hurricane

• Tornado

• Flood

• Wild Fire

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What catastrophic events adds nutrients back to the soil?

• Tornado

• hurricane

• Flood

• Forest Fire

What catastrophic event could cause contaminated water?

• Tornado

• Flood

• Forest Fire

• Volcanic Eruption

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A hurricane is a catastrophic event that only happens

• in the summer when air is hot.

• in the fall or spring when cold and warm air meet.

• in the winter when air is cold.

• any time of the year.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which catastrophic event would likely result in trees being knocked over and the disappearance of most plants and animals along a narrow path in a forest ecosystem?

• Tornado

• Volcanic Eruption

• Flash Flood

• Earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

• Caused by an asteroid or meteor entering the Earth's atmosphere and hitting the Earth.
• Caused by shift in the Earth's tectonic plates
• Caused by rotation and convection currents rising up over warm ocean water
• Sometimes created when two air masses with different temperatures meet

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

what is this

• tornado 

• landslide

• typhoon 

• hurricane

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following natural disasters have the MOST impact on TEXAS?

• hurricanes

• floods

• tornadoes

• earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6