Natural Hazards Quiz

What do you call a tool that measures the size of an earthquake?

• scale
• seismograph
• earthquake monitor
• Richter scale

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What causes tsunamis?

• whales
• wind
• earthquakes
• thunderstorms

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Which of these is a good engineering design for buildings where earthquakes occur?

• only 1 floor
• very tall
• storm shutters
• basements

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Why do so many volcanoes and earthquakes happen along plate boundaries?

• plates move and shift
• bad weather in these areas
• coincidence
• none of these

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Which of the following are massive storms with powerful winds and heavy rain?

• Hurricanes

• Blizzards

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

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Match the following

• Hurricane

• A small but severe storm formed over land that usually only last for a few minutes and has extreme winds

• Earthquake

• Huge waves of water that crash on shore after under earthquake

• Tsunami

• Huge Spinning storm that form over warm ocean water

• Volcanoe

• When Magma beneath the Earth's crust heat and pressure builds and it pushes out

• Tornado

• Happens when part of the solid ground beneath the surface suddenly shifts

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Natural Hazard

• a natural even that could have a negative impact on humans; hurricanes, floods, etc....

• a natural event that has already occurred and caused damage or injury.

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Natural disaster

• a natural even that could have a negative impact on humans; hurricanes, floods, etc....

• a natural event that has already occurred and caused damage or injury.

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A tsunami is:

• a spinning windstorm that forms over the ocean with high wind speeds.

• a series of ocean waves usually following an earthquake or volcanic eruption.

• a vibration deep within the Earth or at its surface that causes cracking and subsidence.

• when magma rises through the Earth's surface and releases tons of ash and gases.

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Of the natural hazards we've studied, which is the hardest to predict when it will occur?

• Tsunamis

• Volcanoes

• Cyclones or Hurricanes

• Earthquakes

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