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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is one cause of earthquakes?
weathering by glaciers
movements along faults
deposition by moving water
tsunamis forming in the ocean
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which statement is true of earthquakes?
All of them can be prevented.
Weak ones can be prevented.
Some of them can be prevented.
None of them can be prevented.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which natural hazard is the hardest to predict?
Tsunamis
Volcanoes
Tropical Cyclones
Earthquakes
- 4. Multiple ChoiceScientists can predict exactly when a volcanic eruption will occur.TrueFalse
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhere do most earthquakes occur?HotspotsMountainsPlate BoundariesMantle
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhy can we predict the timing of some natural disasters?They always happen at specific time intervalsPsychics predict them for usThey are almost always preceded by specific phenomena
- 7. Multiple ChoiceMountains form from....Plates sliding past one anothercollision of platesplates moving away from each othernone of these
- 8. Multiple ChoiceEarth's plates are....Constantly moving and changing the face of the EarthNever movedMove seldom and very fastmove when they feel like it
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?Supreme ContinentEurasiaPlate tectonicsPangea
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe Richter scale measures:the amount of radon gas releasedthe movement of platesthe strength of an earthquakethe weight of tectonic plates
- 11. Multiple ChoiceHow much bigger is a magnitude 8 earthquake compared to magnitude 7 one on the Richter Scale?1 time bigger10 times bigger100 times bigger1000 times bigger
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