Natural Disaters

1. What is a natural disaster?

• A red letter day

• An event that causes suffering brought on by nature

• A bad thing caused by a bad person

• An event that causes suffering brought on by an enemy

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How many fault are there?

• 3

• 6

• 2

• 4

3. Which one of these should you NOT do during an earthquake?

• Shelter under a table or desk

• Stay in bed if you are there

• Stay outside if you are there.

• Shelter outside beside a wall.

Which one of these statements is FALSE?

• Most earthquakes do not cause damage

• A tsunami is a giant wave created by an underwater earthquake.

• It is not possible to give an early warning of an earthquake

• It is not possible to give an early warning of a tsunami

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Where do earthquakes occur?

• Along fault lines

• Along coastlines

• In mountainous areas

• None of the above

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True or False: The earth’s crust is made up of moving parts called plates

• False

• True

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What causes an Earthquake?

• Tectonic plates in the Earth moving and sliding

• Giants racing across the Earth

• Masses of people jumping up and down all at once.

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Can humans prevents or eliminate any of these natural disasters?

• Tsunamis

• Earthquakes

• Volcanos

• Humans cannot prevent natural disaters.

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A sale from 1 to 19, used for measuring the strength of an earthquake.

• saffir-simpson scale

• richter scale

• earthquake scale

• seismogrpah

What are the 3 major natural disasters that we studied? Check all that apply.

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

• Tsunamis

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