NATURAL DISASTERS ASSESSMENTS
Student Name: ___________________________________________ Block # ______
Student Name: ___________________________________________ Teacher _______________________
SESSION 2: EARTHQUAKES
ASSESSMENT #1
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1. EXPLAIN the cause of an earthquake, referring to fault lines and plate boundaries.
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2. WHAT is the epicenter of an earthquake?
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3. COMPARE your seismogram to the one generated by a real earthquake by listing two similarities and
two differences.
Your seismogram is similar to a real seismogram in several ways (list 2):
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Your seismogram is different from a real seismogram (list 2):
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4. EXPLAIN the difference between the Richter scale and the Modified Mercalli scale.
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SESSION 4: WAVES
ASSESSMENT #2
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1. COMPARE seismic waves and water waves, giving 1 similarity and 1difference.
Similarity
Difference
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2. DRAW a wave and label the following parts: Wavelength, Crest, Trough and Wave height
3. After completing the slinky experiment. EXPLAIN how the change in wavelength and wave height is
related to the strength, or energy, of the wave.
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4. GIVE 2 differences between tsunami waves and waves generated by winds and tides.
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SESSION 6: CIRCULAR STORMS ASSESSMENT #3 ____/20 pts.
1. EXPLAIN how wind speed, forward speed, size and formation are different in tornadoes and
hurricanes.
Wind Speed -__________________________________________________________________________
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Forward Speed - _______________________________________________________________________
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Size - ________________________________________________________________________________
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Formation - ___________________________________________________________________________
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2. After completing the tornado in the tube experiment. EXPLAIN how a vortex relates to tornados and
hurricanes?
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3. SHOW YOUR INSTRUCTOR how you plotted a hurricane path on the hurricane tracking map.
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4. SHOW YOUR INSTRUCTOR your wind field plots on the wind field template.
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