Environmental Health for Wayground 2: Natural Disasters

Open Ended

What are some ways that communities can prepare for and respond to natural disasters to reduce their impact?

Multiple Choice

Why is it important for scientists, engineers, governments, and citizens to work together in responding to natural disasters?

• Because collaboration helps minimize damage and speeds up recovery.

• Because only scientists can prevent disasters.

• Because governments alone can handle all disasters.

• Because citizens do not play a role in disaster response.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best explains why earthquakes tend to occur along plate boundaries?

• Because tectonic plates are constantly moving and interact at their boundaries, causing stress and earthquakes.

• Because plate boundaries are the only places where the Earth's crust is thin enough for earthquakes to occur.

• Because earthquakes only happen where there are volcanoes.

• Because the Earth's crust is weakest at the center of tectonic plates.

Open Ended

Describe the potential impacts of earthquakes on human settlements, using the images provided.

Open Ended

Compare and contrast the causes and effects of earthquakes and volcanoes.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are possible consequences of volcanic eruptions?

• Blocking sunlight and causing temperatures to drop

• Triggering landslides and mudflows

• Destroying surrounding land with molten lava

• Increasing rainfall in the area

Multiple Choice

Which type of storm is described as a rotating funnel of air that can travel over 400 km per hour?

• Hurricane

• Thunderstorm

• Tornado

• Cyclone

Multiple Choice

Which of the following conditions does NOT favor the occurrence of avalanches?

• Slope greater than 30 degrees

• Unstable snowpack

• Heavy snowfall

• Low temperatures

Open Ended

Describe how avalanches form and what conditions make them more likely to occur.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are examples of natural disasters?

• Avalanche

• Wildfire

• Earthquake

• Flood

Multiple Choice

Which of the following groups can take steps to resist damage and deal with the aftermath of natural disasters?

• Scientists

• Engineers

• Governments

• All of the above