Natural Disasters Quiz

What is a giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor?

• Hurricane

• Tsunami

• Wildfire

• Flood

What is a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system?

• Earthquake

• Volcano

• Tornado

• Blizzard

What is a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff?

• Landslide

• Lightning

• Avalanche

• Hail

What is a sudden spark, or energy discharge, caused when electrical charges jump between parts of a cloud, between nearby clouds, or between a cloud and the ground?

• Lightning

• Wildfire

• Tsunami

• Typhoon

What is a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans?

• Typhoon

• Volcano

• Flood

• Hurricane

What is a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean?

• Hurricane

• Tsunami

• Landslide

• Lightening

What is the shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface?

• tornado
• earthquake
• hurricane
• volcano eruption

What is a a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush?

• earthquake
• blizzard
• wildfire
• tornado

What is an overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, esp. over what is normally dry land?

• Avalanche
• Flood
• Tsunami
• Drought

What is an opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected?

• tornado
• hurricane
• volcano
• earthquake