Natural Disasters - a multiple choice quiz

A(n).................is a long period without rain resulting to a shortage of water.

• Drought

• Flood

• Epidemic

• Avalanche

A(n)................. Is a sudden, violent shaking of the ground.

• Earthquake

• Famine

• Drought

• Mudslide

When there is too much rain and water covers land that is called a(n)...

• Flood

• Wildfire

• Avalanche

• Drought

A severe snowstorm with strong winds is called a(n)...

• Blizzard

• Avalanche

• Tornado

• Tsunami

A giant ocean wave caused by underground earthquakes is a(n)...

• Tsunami

• Cyclone

• Tornado

• Hurricane

A(n)........................ is a huge mass of snow sliding down a hill causing destruction is a(n)...

• Avalanche

• Mudslide

• Flood

• Blizzard

A(n) ...............................is a large amount of wet dirt sliding from a hill/mountain is a(n)...

• Mudslide

• Avalanche

• Flood

• Tsunami

A violently rotating column of air, which is nature's most violent storm is a(n)...

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Cyclone

• Thunderstorm

A(n)................................... is when gas and/or lava are released from a special type of mountain.

• Volcanic eruption

• Volcanic explosion

• Volcanic booming

• Vulcanic eruption

A(n) ...............................is an abnormally long period of excessively hot weather.

• Heatwave

• Hotwave

• Burnwave

• Warmwave