Natural hazards quiz for Grade 3 with answers

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🌊 Floods: When lots of water covers normally dry land. This can happen from heavy rain or rivers overflowing.
• 💨 Hurricanes: Big, spinning storms with strong winds and heavy rain that form over warm ocean waters.
• 🌋 Volcanoes: Mountains that can erupt, sending out hot lava, ash, and gases.
• Earthquake: a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
• 🔥 Wildfires: Unplanned fires that burn in forests, grasslands, or other wild areas. They can spread quickly.
• 🌀 Tornadoes: A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a cumulonimbus cloud to the ground.
• ❄️ Blizzards: Severe snowstorms with strong winds and very cold temperatures.

🧪 Practice Quiz

1. What is it called when a lot of water covers normally dry land?
   1. A. Hurricane
   2. B. Flood
   3. C. Volcano
   4. D. Wildfire
2. Which natural hazard is a big, spinning storm that forms over warm ocean waters?
   1. A. Earthquake
   2. B. Tornado
   3. C. Hurricane
   4. D. Blizzard
3. What comes out of a volcano during an eruption?
   1. A. Snow
   2. B. Lava
   3. C. Rain
   4. D. Wind
4. What is a sudden shaking of the ground called?
   1. A. Tsunami
   2. B. Earthquake
   3. C. Flood
   4. D. Wildfire
5. Which natural hazard is an unplanned fire in a forest?
   1. A. Blizzard
   2. B. Hurricane
   3. C. Wildfire
   4. D. Tornado
6. Which natural hazard is a rotating column of air from a cloud to the ground?
   1. A. Volcano
   2. B. Flood
   3. C. Tornado
   4. D. Hurricane
7. Which natural hazard is a severe snowstorm with strong winds?
   1. A. Wildfire
   2. B. Blizzard
   3. C. Earthquake
   4. D. Volcano