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- 1. Multiple Choice
When is a natural event a hazard?
When the natural event is very large.
When the natural event impacts on people and human activities.
When the natural event is caused by people and human activities.
All natural events are hazards.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of these is not a tectonic hazard?
Volcano
Landslide
Hurricane
Avalanche
- 3. Multiple Choice
Tectonic hazards are most likely to occur where?
At 'hot spots' in the Earth's crust.
In the middle of an ocean
In the center of tectonic plates
On tectonic plate margins
- 4. Multiple Choice
At which type of plate margin does subduction occur?
Destructive plate margin
Constructive plate margin
Conservative plate margin
- 5. Multiple Choice
What tectonic hazard is most likely to occur at a conservative plate margin?
Avalanche
Tsunami
Volcano
Earthquake
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a primary effect of an earthquake
Death and injury
Tsunami
landslide
Fire
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following would be a long term response to an earthquake?
Search and rescue
Rebuilding and reconstruction
Providing medical care
Providing shelter
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a way for scientists to monitor volcanoes?
Remote sensing using satellites
Measuring changes in the shape of the land
Collecting and analysing lava
Using seismographs to record earthquakes
- 9. Multiple Choice
It is impossible to make accurate predictions about earthquakes - True or False
True
False
- 10. Multiple Choice
True or False the impacts of tectonic hazards in high income countries are more severe?
True
False
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