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8.4.5 Natural Hazards

Authored by Derek Vannoy

Science

6th - 8th Grade

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8.4.5 Natural Hazards
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Scientists can predict exactly when an Earthquake will occur.

True

False

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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A seismograph can be used to measure and study what?

Volcanic eruptions

Earthquakes

Tsunamis

All of the above

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

They are exactly the same 
A hazard is what could happen, a disaster is after it has an impact on humans
I disaster is what could happen, a hazard is after it has an impact on humans 
Hurricanes and tsunamis are natural disasters, but earthquakes and volcanoes are hazards

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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How can some of the impacts of earthquakes be reduced?

by building structures that can sway with the motion

by building structures that do NOT move with the motion

by using thermometers to measure ground temperatures

by using satellites to monitor warning buoys in the ocean

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which statement is true of earthquakes?

All of them can be prevented.

Weak ones can be prevented.

Some of them can be prevented.

None of them can be prevented.

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