Natural Disasters

A huge wave after an earthquake is a

• tornado

• volcano

• tsunami

• drought

Forest fires are spread with...

• sun

• wind

• rain

• flood

How have humans learned to live and survive in areas where natural hazards occur?

• They have adapted buildings and structures to withstand the hazard

• They use more renewable energy to reduce how severe the hazards are.

• They have put up large walls to keep the hazard out.

• They don't really care and just live there anyway

Which natural disaster occured in La Palma in 2021?

• Tornado

• Volcano eruption

• Floods

• Wildfire

An __________is an intense shaking of Earth’s surface

Which natural disaster does the film The Impossible show?

• Tornado

• blizzard

• Landslide

• Tsunami

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Haiti in 2021, how many people died approximately?

• 3.000 people

• 1.000.000 people

• 10.000 people

• 250.000 people

A typhoon is a kind of cyclone

• True

• False

Europe has never been struck by a hurricane.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Hurricanes form in the Atlantic and move westward to the Americas. Particularly powerful ones, however, can backtrack, striking Europe. One such storm killed more than 8,000 English sailors in 1703

Tectonic plates move very quickly.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

On average, Earth’s tectonic plates move at about the same rate as that at which fingernails grow, just a few inches (centimeters) a year.