WORKSHEET 2  

                                                                             Grade:  4
UOI       Topic: Impact of natural calamities
Name: …………………                                                           Date: ……………………

1. Observe the picture, think and list down the natural phenomena known to you.

2. Shilpa is going home from school and she hears a loud cracking sound. She turns around to find a big tree in
her area has fallen down. Later she feels the land below her shanking and falls down. Not knowing what to
do, she quickly gets up and runs to her house only to find that her house has also broken down. All things in
her house were scattered around and her entire neighborhood also looked the same way.
a) Guess the natural phenomenon:

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b) Write how the entire area was impacted:

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c) How is this phenomenon different from erosion? Justify your answer.

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3. The earth’s surface is continuously changing due to ………………………………… and …………………………… Changes.

4. The forces of nature can be destructive as well creative. Justify with two examples.

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5. Sort the below into rapid and slow changes.

LANDSLIDE TSUNAMI EARTHQUAKE HURRICANE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS GLACIER

RAIN ERODING A ROCKY CLIFF LANDSLIDE TREE ROOTS BREAKING ROCKS TECTONIC PLATE MOVEMENTS
WIND BLOWING SAND INTO SAND DUNES UPROOTING OF TREES DEPOSITION SOIL EROSION FLOOD

RAPID SLOW