Natural Disasters

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2) Which of the following are causes of floods?

• Heavy rains,
• River overflow
• Hurricanes
• Breaking of dams
• Earthquakes

3) Rapid on set floods can last for?

• 1 or 2 days
• 5 weeks
• 1 or 2 years

4) Planting trees helps to prevent floods.

• True
• False

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7) Droughts are usually defined as

• Extended periods of time with less rainfall
• Short periods of time with heavy rain

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10) Hurricanes could also be called ____________ that use warm and moist air as their fuel.

• little cars
• giant engines
• big winds

11) Hurricanes are divided in ____ categories.

• 4
• 5
• 6

12) What just happened?

13) The earth is made of about ____ pieces.

• 10
• 20
• 30

14) When do movement of tectonic plates happen?

• never
• twice a day
• all the time

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16) The first wave of a tsunami is the strongest.

• True
• False

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