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- 1. Multiple ChoiceAny natural event that occurs on earth and causes significant changes or damagecatastrophic eventecosystemsweatheringdeposition
- 2. Multiple Choice
Where do tornadoes start?Over the ocean near the equatorIn the clouds that create blizzardsIn the clouds of severe thunderstormsAny time that it rains - 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich is an effect of a hurricane?Winds exceeding 74 mphTremendous amounts of RainStorm SurgeAll of the Above
- 4. Multiple ChoiceTornadoes can negatively affect an ecosystem whenthe saltwater they bring kills off burrowing insectstheir strong winds uproot many of the important plantsthe rise in water level they produce introduces harmful saltthey bring higher temperatures favored by birds
- 5. Multiple Choice
In a marsh ecosystem that experiences a hurricane, which of the following would be the most likely affect?
A loss of plant and animal life from the storm surge
More burrowing animals live in the deeper soil layers
Death of most organisms due to fires from lightning strikes
Increase in diversity among organisms due to more competition
- 6. Multiple Choice
If a tornado uproots most of the plants in an ecosystem, it could be expected that the air quality will be worse because there will be less...
Sunlight
Oxygen
Precipitation
Water
- 7. Multiple Choice
Tornadoes are mostly found
in the mountains
in tornado alley
along the coast
in tropical rainforests
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following correctly matches a catastrophic weather event with its effects on an ecosystem?
A flood can damage plants with high winds.
A hurricane can break down mountains
A thunderstorm's lightning can start forest fires.
A tornado can cause a storm surge
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the most likely events following a flood?
Increase in organisms
Secondary succession
Primary succession
mutations
- 10. Multiple Choice
A forest fire could have which of the following positive effects?
Provides heat mammals need in colder seasons
Increases annual rainfall by forming more clouds
Makes nutrients in plants available to the soil
Drives away predators that eat smaller animals
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which catastrophic event would likely result in trees being knocked over and the disappearance of most plants and animals along a narrow path in an ecosystem?
Tornado
Volcanic Eruption
Flash Flood
Wildfire
- 12. Multiple ChoiceHurricanes can harm plants in coastal ecosystems in all of the following ways EXCEPT...high winds knocking down tall treessoil washing away due to high waterclouds blocking the Sun for too longstorm surge moving saltwater onto land
- 13. Multiple Choice
The gradual wearing or breaking down of a geological formation due to physical or chemical changes to the surface of rocks is called...
Deposition
Weathering
Erosion
Abiotic Factors
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat is it called when sediment created by weathering and moved by erosion settles in a different location due to gravity?ErosionAbiotic FactorsWeatheringDeposition
- 15. Multiple Choice_____________ is when the rock or soil of Earth's surface is moved to another location by water, wind or ice.DepositionWeatheringErosionAbiotic Factors
- 16. Multiple Choice
Humans can cause some catastrophic events. An example of a catastrophic event that can be caused by a human would be a
hurricane
tornado
wildfire
volcano
- 17. Multiple Choice
A long term problem resulting from a severe flood would be (mark all correct answers)
pollution of water sources
loss of sunlight
destruction of an ecosystem
destruction of human property
- 18. Multiple Choice
The main cause of an earthquake is
molten lava
hurricanes
weather patterns
moving tectonic plates
- 19. Multiple Choice
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.
- 20. Multiple Choice
Wildfires are most likely to occur
after a snow storm.
when the area has had very little rain.
after a large flood.
during a tornado.
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