When did Hurricane Harvey make landfall on the coast of Texas?

Understanding Flood Risks and Climate Change

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9th - 12th Grade
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Amelia Wright
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
September 2016
September 2017
August 2017
August 2016
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How many Olympic swimming pools worth of rain did Hurricane Harvey drop?
10,000,000
40,882,455
20,000,000
30,000,000
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What category was Hurricane Harvey when it made landfall?
Category 2
Category 4
Category 5
Category 3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does living in a 500-year floodplain mean?
Floods have a 1-in-1000 chance of occurring every year
Floods happen there every 500 years
Floods have a 1-in-500 chance of occurring every year
Floods happen there once every 500 years
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the main factor that makes weather event probabilities tricky to determine?
Evenly weighted events
Changing climate
Coin flips
Historical data
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How does climate change affect the strength of hurricanes?
Makes already-strong storms stronger
Has no effect on hurricanes
Decreases the number of hurricanes
Increases the number of hurricanes
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why do people tend to underestimate the risks of frequent flooding?
They have accurate risk assessments
They overestimate the risks
They are well-prepared for floods
They rely too much on historical data
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