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Name: CVS Class: Evening Classes

WORKSHEET (2)
Chapter 1: Urban Living
Unit 2: Floods

SECTION Ⅰ: KEY TERMS

Instructions: Fill in the correct key terms for the following definitions. Remember to spell the
terms correctly. Write your answers in the spaces provided.

1. Floods are overflows of large amounts of water onto land that is normally
dry.
2. Rainfall refers to droplets of water that fall to the ground.
3. Rainfall intensity is the rate at which rain falls.
4. Rainfall duration is the duration of the rain event.
5. Rainfall probability is the probability of occurrence of a certain amount of rain falling
within a certain period of time.
6. Snowmelt is the surface runoff that results from melting snow.
7. Storm surge is a sudden rise of the sea level in which water is piled up against a
coastline beyond normal high-tide conditions.
8. Permeability refers to the ease with which water can infiltrate or seep into the
ground.
9. Channel capacity refers to the volume of water that can be held in the channel of a
river or canal without overflowing.
10. Social impacts refer to the effects of an event on the well-being of people.
11. Economic impacts refer to the effects of an event on goods and services being
produced.

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SECTION Ⅱ: VOCABULARY
Instructions: Match the words to their correct definitions. Write your answers in the boxes
provided.

Words Definitions
1. Canal (n) A. a sudden, strong movement forward or upwards. Surge (n)
2. Channel (n) B. an area of flat land next to a river that regularly floods when
3. Dam (n) there is too much water in the river. Floodplain (n)
4. Floodplain (n) C. a low wall built at the side of a river to prevent it from
5. Levee (n) flooding. Levee (n)
6. Reservoir (n) D. a part of a river or sea that is deep and wide enough for
7. Sea level / the mean ships to travel along. Channel (n)
sea leave (n) E. the flow of water occurring on the ground surface when
8. Surface runoff (n) excess rainwater, stormwater, meltwater, or other sources,
9. Surge (n) can no longer sufficiently rapidly infiltrate in the soil.
10. Water body (n) Surface runoff (n)
F. a barrier that is built across a river in order to stop the
water from flowing, used especially to make a reservoir (= a
lake for storing water) or to produce electricity. Dam (n)
G. any significant accumulation of water (such as oceans, seas,
lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, wetlands, glaciers, ice caps,
puddles, etc.) found on the surface of a planet. Water bodies
(n)
H. the average height of the sea, used as the basis for
measuring the height of all places on land. Sea level / the
mean sea level (n)
I. a natural or artificial lake where water is stored before it is
taken by pipes to houses, etc. Reservoir (n)
J. a long straight passage dug in the ground and filled with
water for boats and ships to travel along; a smaller passage
used for carrying water to fields, crops, etc. Canal (n)
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11. Debris (n) A. an extremely large wave in the sea caused, for example, by
12. Downpour (n) an earthquake. Tsunami (n)
13. Drizzle (n) B. a short period of rain or snow. Shower (n)
14. Impassable (adj) C. a storm with thunder and lightning and usually very heavy
15. Likelihood (n) rain. Rainstorm (n)
16. Permeable (adj) D. light fine rain. Drizzle (n)
17. Shower (n) E. the chance of something happening; how likely something is
18. Stagnant (adj) to happen. Likelihood (n)
19. Thunderstorm (n) F. allowing a liquid or gas to pass through. Permeable (adj)
20. Tsunami (n)

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G. pieces of wood, metal, building materials, etc. that are left
after something has been destroyed. Debris (n)
H. stagnant water or air is not moving and therefore smells
unpleasant. Stagnant (adj)
I. (of a road, an area, etc.) impossible to travel on or through,
especially because it is in bad condition or it has been
blocked by something. Impassable (adj)
J. a heavy fall of rain that often starts suddenly. Downpour (n)
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21. Collapse (v) A. to make something less harmful, serious, etc. Mitigate (v)
22. Contaminate (v) B. the state of being near somebody/something in distance or time.
23. Displace (v) Proximity (n)
24. Evacuate (v) C. the quality of allowing a liquid or gas to pass through.
25. Infiltrate (v) Permeability (n)
26. Mitigate (v) D. (especially of liquids or gases) to pass slowly into something.
27. Permeability (n) Infiltrate (v)
28. Proximity (n) E. to disappear suddenly and/or in a way that you cannot explain.
29. Submerge (v) Vanish (v)
30. Vanish (v) F. to fall down or fall in suddenly, often after breaking apart.
Collapse (v)
G. to make a substance or place dirty or no longer pure by adding a
substance that is dangerous or carries disease. Contaminate (v)
H. to move people from a place of danger to a safer place. Evacuate
(v)
I. to force people to move away from their home to another place.
Displace (v)
J. to go under the surface of water or liquid; to put something or
make something go under the surface of water or liquid.
Submerge (v)
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F G I H D A C B J E
31. Casualty (n) A. extremely bad or serious. Severe (adj)
32. Cholera (n) B. a person who is killed or injured in war or in an accident.
33. Dengue fever (n) Casualty (n)
34. Distress (n) C. a lack of food during a long period of time in a region. Famine (n)
35. Dysentery (n) D. a medical condition in which the body temperature is much
36. Famine (n) lower than normal. Hypothermia (n)
37. Fatality (n) E. a death that is caused in an accident or a war, or by violence or
38. Hypothermia (n) disease. Fatality (n)
39. Malaria (n) F. a serious disease caught from bacteria in water that causes
40. Severe (adj) severe diarrhea and vomiting and often causes death. Cholera (n)

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G. an infection of the bowels that causes severe diarrhea with loss of
blood. Dysentery (n)
H. a serious disease that causes a high temperature and shivering (=
shaking of the body) caused by the bite of some types of
mosquitoes. Malaria (n)
I. a disease caused by a virus carried by mosquitoes that is found in
tropical areas and causes a high temperature and severe pain in
the joints. Dengue fever (n)
J. a feeling of great worry or unhappiness; great mental pain.
Distress (n)
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SECTION Ⅲ: COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
Instructions: Answer the following questions using the information you have learned from the
textbook. Remember to write your answers in grammatically correct sentences.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.

1) There are three (3) types of floods. Briefly describe each type in your own words.
A) Coastal floods
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B) River floods
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C) Flash floods
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2) According to the textbook, there are four (4) main causes of floods. Please explain how
each thing listed below can lead to floods.
A) Rainfall
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B) Snowmelt
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C) Storm surge
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D) Failure of man-made structures
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3) The four (4) factors listed below make cities more prone to floods than others. Please
elaborate on how each of the following factors can make cities more prone to floods than
others.
A) Height of land above sea level
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B) Proximity to water bodies
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C) Permeability of surface cover
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D) Channel capacity
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4) How do floods affect people living in cities?

A) Social impacts
(i) Injuries, spread of diseases and loss of lives
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(ii) Homelessness
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(iii) Disruption to clean water supply
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B) Economic impacts
(i) Damage to machinery and equipment
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(ii) Damage to transport infrastructure
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(iii) Disruption to energy supply
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5) Based on what you have learned, do you think that Phnom Penh is a flood-prone city? Why
or why not? (If you are not familiar with the characteristics of Phnom Penh, you may do
extra research.)
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