Flooding Quiz Answers 1. What is flooding? a.

Land bordering rivers and streams that normally are dry but are covered with water during floods. b. The amount of water a river can hold before it floods its surrounding area. c. A great flowing or overflowing of water. d. The riverbed of a river. 2. What is a channel? a. A great flowing or overflowing of water. b. The amount of water a river can hold before it floods its surrounding area. c. Land bordering rivers and streams that normally are dry but are covered with water during floods. d. The riverbed of a river 3. High water can knock down what? Causing what? a. Cars causing rust b. Electrical poles causing power outages c. Wires causing sparks d. Houses causing power outages. 4. Floods are what kind of weather-related events? a. Wonderful b. Scary c. Dangerous d. Happy 5. What types of flooding are there? a. Ocean, lake, river b. Ocean, pool, lake c. Ocean, river, pool d. River, lake, pool 6. What it the difference between a flash flood watch and a flash flood warning? Flash flood watch- flooding is possible Flash flood warning- flooding is occurring 7. What are 4 things that should be in a flooding safety kit? (Any of these 4) Non-perishable food, portable radio, flashlight, batteries, first aid kit, manual can opener, water