natural hazards

An earthquake is usually caused by a _________.

• glacier
• landslide
• very large storm
• a movement along a fault

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What measures the waves of earthquakes?

• seismic wave
• seismograph
• seismology
• a scientist

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What is a huge wave made by an underwater earthquake?

• hurricane
• tsunami

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What is a flood?

• a great flow of water over land that is usually dry
• a very large, swirling storm with strong winds and heavy rains

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What do huricanes often bring?

• snow
• flooding
• an eye
• southern moving wind

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A tiltmeter is a tool used to study what? 

• Tsunamis
• Earthquakes
• Volcanoes
• Hurricanes

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

• Communities can be notified to evacuate 
• So that we can stop them from happening again 
• So that scientists know where to go in order to study them 
• So that we can harness their power for renewable energy

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what can scientists measure to help predict when a volcano might erupt?

• temperatures of lava flows

• lengths of nearby fault lines

• small earthquakes and gases in the air near the volcano

• increases in severe weather

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Of these natural hazards, which is the hardest to predict?

• Tsunamis

• Volcanoes

• Tropical Cyclones

• Earthquakes

One region of the world that is very exposed to volcanoes, tsunamis, and earthquakes is...

• the Ring of Fire.
• the North and South Pole.
• the United States.
• Eastern Europe.

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