Natural Hazards

Rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault causing tectonic movement, causing what natural hazard? 

• Volcanic Eruption 
• Cyclone
• Earthquake
• Hurricane

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A seismograph can be used to measure and study what? 

• Volcanic eruptions
• Earthquakes
• Tsunamis
• All of the above

Scientists can predict exactly when a volcanic eruption will occur. 

• True
• False

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Reshaping new land, debris avalanches, destroyed forests, and death to many animals are all effects of what natural hazard? 

• Hurricane
• Earthquake
• Volcanic Eruption
• Tsunami

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Why is it beneficial to be able to predict when and where natural hazards will occur? 

• Communities can be notified to evacuate 
• So that we can stop them from happening again 
• So that scientists know where to go in order to study them 
• So that we can harness their power for renewable energy

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What is one cause of an earthquake?

• weathering by glaciers
• movements along faults
• deposition by moving water
• tsunamis forming in the ocean

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Which statement is true of earthquakes?

• All of them can be prevented
• Weak ones can be prevented
• Some of them can be prevented
• None of them can be prevented

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What can scientists measure to help predict when a volcano might erupt?

• temperatures of lava flow
• lengths of nearby fault lines
• small earthquakes and gases in the air near the volcano
• increases in sever weather

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A natural hazard occurs when natural physical processes become...

• dormant and inactive.
• extreme and unpredictable.
• scary!
• faster than usual. 

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A tsunami is...

• a spinning windstorm that forms over the ocean.
• a series of ocean waves.
• a vibration deep within the Earth or at its surface.
• when magma rises through the Earth's surface.