Geologic Processes and Hazards

It is a potentially damaging physical event, phenomenon or human activity that may cause the loss of life or injury, property damage, social and economic disruption or environmental degradation?

• Eutrophication

• Geologic hazard

• Landslide

• Poisonous gases

Which of the following describes the vibration of the ground during an earthquake?

• Ground shaking

• Landslides

• Liquefaction

• Tsunami

What do you call the hazard where giant waves move at speeds of up to 500 miles an hour and reach heights of hundreds of feet?

• Ground shaking

• Landslides

• Liquefaction

• Tsunami

Which of the following processes during earthquake shaking where sand and silt grains in wet soil are rearranged and the water in the spaces between the grains are squeezed?

• Ground shaking

• Landslides

• Liquefaction

• Tsunami

What happens when there is a sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff?

• Ground shaking

• Landslides

• Liquefaction

• Tsunami

What do we experience when rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault causing tectonic movement?

• Cyclone

• Earthquake

• Hurricane

• Volcanic eruption

What natural hazard has the effects of reshaping new land, debris avalanches, destroyed forests, and death to many animals?

• Earthquake

• Hurricane

• Tsunami

• Volcanic eruption

What do you think will happen when a large amount of water quickly overflows a boundary?

• Flash flood

• Regular flood

• Landslide

• Tsunami

What do you call the gases that are released during volcanic eruption?

• Lahar

• Lava

• Tephra

• Poisonous gases

Which of the following is NOT a geological hazard?

• Earthquake

• House fire

• Hurricane

• Tsunami