Natural Hazards Terminology

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Geography
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7th - 9th Grade
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Easy

Emmeline McChleery
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is the focus of an earthquake?
When you look at an earthquake
The point inside the earth where the earthquake first releases pressure
How strong an earthquake is
How streamlined an earthquake is
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is a tsunami?
Flooding
A waterfall
When my dad gets in the bath
A massive wave caused by an earthquake on the ocean floor
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is the crust of the earth?
The toast
The outer layer of the earth
The inner layer of the earth
The hardest part of the earth
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What are tectonic plates?
Where you can eat your dinner
Where tsunamis stop
The pieces that the outer layer of the earth is made of
Where volcanoes die
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is a plate boundary?
Where the edges of the tectonic plates meet
Where you can eat your dinner
Where the oceans meet
Where an earthquake stops
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is the epicentre of the earthquake?
The most dangerous part of a volcano
The point on the earth's surface, above the focus, where the earthquake is felt on the surface.
The part where houses fall down
The weakest part of an earthquake
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is the subduction zone?
A collision between two of Earth's tectonic plates, where one plate sinks into the underneath the other plate.
Where you can get bargains in the supermarket
Where it is really cold inside the earth
Where a tsunami starts
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