Quarter 4: Quick Check 3 Science 6

What natural disaster is shown here?

• flood

• tornado

• blizzard

• Hurricane

What type of natural disaster is an earthquake?

• Geological

• Hydrological

• Meteorological

• Philosophical

A disease that becomes unusually widespread and even global in its reach is referred to as _______________.

• Epidemic

• Pandemic

• Hyperendemic

• Flu

The Richter scale expresses an earthquake's ______________.

• magnitude

• duration

• depth

• location

Floods can be prevented by _______________.

• afforestation

• cutting the forest

• tilling the land

• removing the top soil

The instrument which records earthquake wave is called ____________.

• climograph

• seismograph

• hythergraph

• histograph

The most calm part of the tropical cyclone is ______________.

• limb

• eye

• periphery

• nose

The common factors of wildfire hazards are ____________.

• lightening

• volcanic eruption

• el-nino

• all of the above

Which of the following does NOT belong to the group?

• tsunami

• storm surge

• flood

• wild fire

The point of the earth’s surface directly above the point where an earthquake occurs is called the _____________.

• focus

• epicenter

• fracture

• fault