Natural Hazards

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What technologies currently exist to mitigate the effect of hurricanes?

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Elevate buildings and cities; build flood walls 

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Rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault causing tectonic movement, causing what natural hazard?

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Earthquake

Front

What is the difference between a natural hazard and a natural disaster?

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A hazard is what could happen, a disaster is after it has an impact on humans

Front

Strange animal behavior, such as toads fleeing an area, could be an indicator that ____________ is about to occur. Options: a volcanic eruption, a tsunami, a hurricane, an earthquake

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an earthquake

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A seismograph can be used to measure and study what?

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All of the above

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Flooding, property damage, fatalities, and fires are all effects of what natural hazard? Options: Tsunamis and Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tornados, Hurricanes and Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Hurricanes

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Tsunamis and Hurricanes

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A tiltmeter is a tool used to study what? Options: Tsunamis, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Hurricanes

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Volcanoes

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Can scientists predict exactly when a volcanic eruption will occur?

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False

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Effects of reshaping new land, debris avalanches, destroyed forests, and death to many animals are caused by what natural hazard? Options: Hurricane, Earthquake, Volcanic Eruption, Tsunami

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Volcanic Eruption

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Why is it beneficial to be able to predict when and where natural hazards will occur?

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Communities can be notified to evacuate