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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is a natural hazard?
Burning yourself on the iron at home
A road traffic accident
A natural event which causes a threat to human activity or people
A natural event which involves a human causes hazard
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of these are natural hazards?
Volcanic Eruptions
Earthquakes
Tsunami
Cave Arches Stacks and Stumps
- 3. Multiple Choice
What are tectonic plates?
Extra large ceramic plates
Sections of the Earth's crust that are divided up, their margins create volcanoes and earthquakes
The Earth's crust
The top of the earth
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which one is the odd one out?
Crust
Inner Core
Outer Core
Mantle
Subduction Zone
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of these is an example of a Conservative plate boundary?
Mid Atlantic Ridge
Himalayas Mountain Range
The Andes Mountain Range
San Andreas Fault
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is a primary effect of an earthquake?
Forest Fires
Ruptured water pipes
Death and Injuries
Death by diseases
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of these are secondary effects of an earthquake?
Tsunami
Fires
Ground Shaking
Landslides
- 8. Multiple Choice
The core of the earth is hot because of.....
Magic
Radioactive decay
Volcanoes
The sun
- 9. Multiple Choice
What plate boundary is this?
Conservative
Constructive
Destructive
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which boundary has NO volcanic activity?
Conservative
Constructive
Destructive
- 11. Multiple Choice
At the equator air is rising - this creates....
High pressure
Low pressure
Trade winds
Deserts
- 12. Multiple Choice
Tropical storms form when the water reaches....
25 degrees
27 degrees
29 degrees
30 degrees
- 13. Multiple Choice
The worst effect of a tropical storm is......
The wind
The rain
Landslides
The storm surge
- 14. Multiple Choice
An immediate response to Typhoon Haiyan was...
Planting mangrove trees
US troops arriving to stop looting
Rebuilding roads
Evacuation orders on TV
- 15. Multiple Choice
What scale are tropical storms measured on?
Saffir-Simpson Scale
Richter Scale
Volcanic Explosivity Index
Fujita Scale
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat technologies currently exist to mitigate the effect of hurricanes?There is currently no technologyBuild buildings in circles with surrounding wallsBuild buildings out of renewable resourcesElevate buildings and cities; build flood walls
- 17. Multiple ChoiceRock underground suddenly breaks along a fault causing tectonic movement, causing what natural hazard?Volcanic EruptionCycloneEarthquakeHurricane
- 18. Multiple ChoiceStrange animal behavior, such as toads fleeing an area, could be an indicator that ____________ is about to occur.a volcanic eruptiona tsunamia hurricanean earthquake
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich type of crust is more dense?OceanicContinental
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the magnitude of an earthquake?How strong the earthquake isHow much damage the earthquake doesThe distance the earthquake travelsWhether the earthquake is in a rich or poor country
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the three P's of earthquake management?Predict, Procrastinate, PreventPredict, Prepare, PreventPredict, Postulate, PreventPredict, Prepare, Paralyse
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