Natural Disasters

The Indian Oceans Tsunami Early Warning System comprises ________________ seismographic stations.

• 20

• 15

• 25

Tokyo is one the _____________ city in the world.

• Urban

• Large

• Metropolitan

International Aid Agencies, whose headquarters are usually based in ______________ countries.

• developed

• under develop

• developing

__________ the earth can make already unstable undergrounds rock structures even more unstable.

• Digging

• Mining

• Drilling

By constructing __________,water leaking deep into the Earth lubricates the rock surfaces that are already under strain.

• Barrages

• Dams

• Wind mills

When animals eat all the grass and other pasture plants over a long period of time it is called __________

• cultivation

• Breeding

• Overgrazing

_________________ can lead to landslides, floods and droughts.

• Afforestation

• Deforestation

• Overgrazing

A report by the United Nations found that from 1994-2014,___________billion people were affected by natural disasters.

• 4.4

• 4.5

• 4.1

______________ damage means, people who survive a devastating earthquake may be reminded of the event every time they feel a tremor.

• Social

• Psychological

• Physical

The massive earthquake hit the Azad Kashmir in the year ____________

• 2007

• 2005

• 2003