Natural Disasters

Which of these is the best material to use if building a house near a volcano?

• metal

• stone

• foam

• wood

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Tsunamis are waves caused by wind.

• True

• False

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Which of these natural disasters can humans prevent or eliminate?

• volcanoes

• earthquakes

• tsunamis

• humans cannot prevent natural disasters

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Volcanoes and earthquakes tend to occur near what?

• mountains

• islands

• plate boundaries

• fault lines

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Which natural disaster causes most of its damage due to shaking?

• volcanoes

• tsunamis

• hurricanes

• earthquakes

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Earthquakes can cause damage to buildings built by humans. At the present time, the solution that science can provide to this problem is that humans can–

• design buildings that will be damaged less by an earthquake

• stop an earthquake from happening before it occurs

• reduce the strength of the very strongest earthquakes

• predict the exact time and location of all earthquakes

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________________________ can cause sudden or gradual changes to Earth's systems and occasionally negatively affect humans.

• Earthquakes

• Fault lines

• Plate tectonics

• Natural disasters

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Tsunamis are huge waves caused by ________________ near ocean water or under oceans that send a wall of water near the coast.

• moving ice

• earthquakes

• wind

• fault lines

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Your family should have an ________________ and a ___________ in case a natural disaster occurs.

• emergency plan, candles

• emergency plan, first aid kit

• first aid kit, cell phone

• cell phone, candles