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Catastrophic Events Quiz Review
Test Description: Catastrophic Events Quiz Review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which catastrophic event strikes an area faster?
A
heavy rains
B
light rains
C
average rainfall
D
a flood
2) Coastal areas are the hardest hit during a hurricane. What happens to vegetation in the coast as the hurricane hits the area?
A
plants can die due to the salty water from the storm surge
B
plants grow bigger after the hurricane hit the area
C
hurricanes don't have a negative effect on the vegetation
D
hurricanes only affect plants with strong winds
3) How does a tornado negatively affect organisms in the affected area?
A
Decomposers find new homes after the tornado
B
Birds lose their home and food source
C
Animals that live in burrows need to go fishing for food
D
Birds will make their nests on the ground after a tornado
4) Which catastrophic event can be as large as 1/2 the USA?
A
Tornadoes
B
Floods
C
Hurricanes
D
Forest fire
5) Floods
A
can happen with light rainfall
B
can happen very quickly not allowing organisms to leave the area
6) Drought
A
can uproot big trees off the ground
B
happen only in the USA
C
make it almost impossible to grow vegetation
D
don't last very long
7) Tornadoes
A
can last for a few weeks
B
cause fish to seek food around a coral reef
C
form only close to the Equator
D
form from thunderstorms
8) Forest fires can be...
A
only bad for environments because they destroy everything
B
small but difficult to extinguish
C
very easy to extinguish
D
can be bad most of the time but can also be good to regrow an ecosystem
9) Hurricanes
A
form over warm ocean waters
B
are easy to predict
C
happen only in Texas
D
can reach up to 300 mph
10) Forest fires can be cause by...
A
both humans and natural causes
B
neither human or natural causes
C
only natural causes
D
only by humans
11) What does catastrophic means?
A
Many people leaving an area at the same time
B
A small event with small consequences
C
An event that is really big in size but doesn't have a big effect on the environment
D
An event that can causes mass destruction and many casualties (deaths)
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