Hurricane Katrina: The Storm That Drowned a City
Name: _______________________________________________________________________ Date: ___________________ Period: ________
1. When did Hurricane Katrina make landfall in Louisiana?
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2. What was the name of the computer simulation? What wind
speeds did they use in the model?
a. Pam b. Simulator
c. Professor
d. Surge
3. What do thunderstorms do for hurricanes?
a. Cause damage to land
b. Draw heat form the ocean surface
c. Predict hurricanes
4. What is the driving mechanism of hurricanes?
a. Wind
b. Land
c. thunderstorms
5. Hurricanes start as ____________________________________.
6. How many Tropical Storms become hurricanes?
a. 1/3
b. ¼
c. ½ d. all
7. What do the hurricane hunters do?
a. Measure wind speed
b. Look at rainfall
c. Fly into approaching storms
8. What steers a hurricane?
a. Zones of high and low atmospheric pressure
b. Clouds
c. Rainfall
9. How are hurricanes categorized?
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Hurricane Katrina: The Storm That Drowned a City
Name: _______________________________________________________________________ Date: ___________________ Period: ________
10. List the wind speeds next to the category
a.
b.
c.
Category 1: ____________________________________
Category 3: ____________________________________
Category 5: ____________________________________
11. What is a storm surge?
a. Strong forces
b. High winds and massive bulge of water
c. Storms running toward the land
12. How far below sea level are parts of New Orleans?
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13. When was the 1st devastating flood mentioned in the movie?
a. 1985
b. 2000
c. 1927
14. In 1927, what did the city do to ensure the flood not reach
New Orleans?
a. Moved the residents out
b. Dynamited the levees south of the city
c. Built taller houses
15. What are the two types of levees?
a. Earthen and Concrete with Steel
b. Islands and Steel
c. Earthen and Water
16. What category hurricane were the levees supposed to
withstand?
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17. What is the purpose of the wetlands?
a. To attract birds
b. Add land to Louisiana
c. Protect against hurricane storm surges
d. Study erosion
18. How fast are the wetlands disappearing?
a. Car length per second
b. 20 square inches per minute
c. Football field every hour
19. Which parts of New Orleans experienced the most damage,
those above sea level or below sea level? (circle one)
20. What was the most damaging aspect of the Katrina?
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21. What areas were hit the hardest?
a. Bourbon Street and Canal
b. Superdome and Hotels
c. New Orleans East and Ninth Ward
22. Why was there so much flooding?
a. Levees broke b. rain c. thunderstorms
23. How high was the storm surge that caused the most damage?
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