Natural disasters

What is an earthquake?

• the area of occurrence of an underground shock

• the projection of the center of the earthquake focus on the earth's surface

• underground impacts and fluctuations of the Earth's surface

• All answers are correct

You are alone at home. Suddenly the windows and the chandelier trembled, the shelves began to fall crockery and books. You urgently:

• take a seat in the doorway

• call your parents at work

• close the windows and doors, and go to the basement

The main way to save people during volcanic eruptions

• evacuation

• shelters in specially equipped shelters

• use of personal protective equipment for respiratory organs and skin

strong small-scale atmospheric vortex with a diameter of up to 1000 m, in which air rotating at a speed of up to 100 m/s is called:

• a hurricane

• tornado

• a storm

• cyclone

The best tornado protection

• bridges, big trees

• booths at bus stops

• basements, underground structures

Advance flood warning requires

• open windows and doors on the ground floor

• turn on the TV and radio, listen to messages and recommendations

• move valuables to the lower floors

One of the signs of an approaching tsunami is:

• the behavior of animals that hastily leave for the slopes of the mountains

• an unexpected hurricane with heavy rainfall

• a sharp increase or decrease in air temperature, abundant melting

Uncontrolled burning of vegetation, spontaneously spreading throughout forest area is:

• natural fire

• forest fire

• fire

What is the name of the temporary flooding of the area adjacent to a river, lake or reservoir with water, causes material damage, damages the health of the population or leads to death of people:

• flooding

• floods

• flood

What can be attributed to meteorological disasters?

a) storms b) droughts c) fires d) frosts e) epidemics

• a,e

• a,c

• a,b,e

• a,b,c,d