Class 2/4 Chapter 5: Floods (Trial) by Chin Ling Grace Teo https://padlet.com/greenridgesecondary/wpfet27qhtl8 Made with wonder en-us 2016-06-24 00:53:44 UTC 2025-11-11 03:41:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Dootheets.png Ms Grace  teo_chin_ling_grace1 https://padlet.com/greenridgesecondary/wpfet27qhtl8/wish/115363171 Task 1
After watching the video, answer the following questions.

Question 1: In your own words, describe what are floods?


Question 2: Can floods be both beneficial and damaging to the environment and people? Explain your answer.



]]> 2016-06-24 01:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/greenridgesecondary/wpfet27qhtl8/wish/115363171 Goh Zhi Xiang, Sean (12) https://padlet.com/greenridgesecondary/wpfet27qhtl8/wish/115859194 1. Floods are an overflow of large amounts of water above its normal limits on to dry land.
2. No. Floods are not beneficial at all, but is instead damaging the environment and the people. Floods destroys the habitats of the land animals and too causes soil erosion, due to the destruction of trees during the floods. Floods too destroy homes of the humans and infrastructures, leading to the lost of lives as floods have very strong currents of water that can kill people.]]> 2016-07-03 15:24:12 UTC https://padlet.com/greenridgesecondary/wpfet27qhtl8/wish/115859194 B https://padlet.com/greenridgesecondary/wpfet27qhtl8/wish/115889057 2016-07-04 08:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/greenridgesecondary/wpfet27qhtl8/wish/115889057 Belicia Tan ( 31 https://padlet.com/greenridgesecondary/wpfet27qhtl8/wish/115889058 1. Floods are large amounts of water that overflow on to dry land.
2. No. Floods are not beneficial.Floods can cause injuries,spread of diseases and loss of lives. It can also cause people to be homeless as strong currents of the flood destroys their home.]]> 2016-07-04 08:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/greenridgesecondary/wpfet27qhtl8/wish/115889058 Liaw Xin Ci (17) https://padlet.com/greenridgesecondary/wpfet27qhtl8/wish/115941546 1. Floods are large amount of  water that overflows, usually on to a dry land.
2. No. Floods are not beneficial. Flood can cause lots of harm and damage to both living and non-living things. People who are facing floods would have a problem, which is homelessness. Their houses may be destroyed and some may even loss their lives due to the strong current of the floodwater. The environment would also be greatly damage by the floodwater, example like trees being forced out of the soil,  damaging the soil and the underground.]]> 2016-07-05 09:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/greenridgesecondary/wpfet27qhtl8/wish/115941546 Wang Yue Tong ( 35 ) https://padlet.com/greenridgesecondary/wpfet27qhtl8/wish/116004490 1. Floods are overflows of large amounts of water onto land that is normally dry.
2. Yes, floods can be beneficial to the environment and people when floods support the cultivation of crops. The flood can be damaging to the people when floods affect people's lives by destroying property and causing loss of lives.]]> 2016-07-06 13:50:27 UTC https://padlet.com/greenridgesecondary/wpfet27qhtl8/wish/116004490