Natural Disasters & Climate Change

Richter Scale and Moment Magnitude are similar in that they measure

• energy of the earthquake

• liquefaction

• landslides

• none of the above

Earthquakes under the ocean can cause

• Tornadoes

• Lightening

• Tsunamis

• Thunderstorms

The machine that measures earthquakes to give scientists the data.

• Seismograph

• Seismogram

• Seismologist

• Richter Scale

Which of the following are massive storms with powerful winds and heavy rain that is powered by the ocean?

• Hurricanes

• Blizzards

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

a long period of dry weather and not enough water

• drought

• forest fire

• famine

An extreme storm with spinning air and is most common in flat areas with few trees and mountains is a ______________.

• tornado

• tsunami

• heavy rain

A certain school is beside a river that will overflow during heavy rains. The water from the river will sometimes come through the lunchroom doors and form small puddles. What is the best option to protect the lunchroom floors?

• build a new school away from the river

• use sandbags or flood barriers outside doors to keep water from entering

• build a wall around the entire river so that it cannot flood

• stop the rain so the river cannnot flood

___ are severe tropical storms that typically form in the southern Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico.

• Tornados

• Flash floods

• Thunderstorms

• Hurricanes

Forest fires are sometimes started by ____ or by ____.

• humans,

  lightening

• humans,

  funnels

• flash,

  floods

• hurricanes,

  tornados

Earthquakes happen along___ in the Earth's crust.

• wildfires

• faults

• hurricanes

• five