Causes of Hazards

Tropical cyclones are found...

• Between 40 degrees and 70 degrees latitude

• Between the tropics

• At high latitudes

• In Russia

Earthquakes are measured using the...

• Creighton scale

• Rachter scale

• Rochter scale

• Richter scale

Volcanoes are measured using the...

• Volcanic explosivity index

• Volcanic Creighton scale

• Volcanic eruption scale

• Volcanic eruption index

Tropical cyclones are measured using the...

• Sattir - Simpson Scale

• Sammir-Simpson Scale

• Saffir-Simpson Scale

• Creighton-Jones Scale

Earthquakes AND volcanoes are NOT found at...

• Destructive plate boundaries

• Constructive plate boundaries

• Conservative plate boundaries

In tropical cyclones...

• Air rises, creating high pressure

• Air rises, creating low pressure

• Air sinks, creating high pressure

• Air sinks, creating low pressure

Tropical cyclones form in oceans with a temperature of...

• 37 degrees celsius

• 32 degrees celsius

• 27 degrees celsius

• 22 degrees celsius

Tropical cyclones rotate anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere because of...

• The creighton force

• The conservation force

• The coriolis force

• The collision force

At a ___________ plate boundary, plates move together

At a ____________ plate boundary, plates move apart