Natural Hazards Test Review

Which of the following is an example of DISASTER?

• a typhoon passing over a remote and unpopulated island

• a volcano erupting in isolation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean

• An avalanche high on the mountain slopes remote from any settlement

• An earthquake in Kashmir, Northern Pakistan causing a high death toll.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A natural process and event that is a potential threat to human life and property.

• Natural hazard
• Natural disaster
• Recovery
• mitigation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

An earthquake is usually caused by a _________.

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What measures the waves of earthquakes?

• seismic wave
• seismograph
• seismology
• a scientist

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault causing tectonic movement, causing what natural hazard? 

• Volcanic Eruption 
• Cyclone
• Earthquake
• Hurricane

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Flooding, property damage, fatalities are all effects of what natural hazard?

• Tsunamis and Earthquakes

• Volcanoes and Tornados

• Hurricanes and Earthquakes

• Tsunamis and Hurricanes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What do huricanes often bring?

• snow
• flooding
• an eye
• southern moving wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What technologies currently exist to mitigate the effect of hurricanes?

• There is currently no technology 
• Build buildings in circles with surrounding walls 
• Build buildings out of renewable resources 
• Elevate buildings and cities; build flood walls 

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

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