Natural Disasters

What is a natural disaster?

• A man-made event causing significant damage
• A sudden event caused by environmental factors that causes significant damage
• A planned event causing significant damage
• A sudden event caused by human factors that causes significant damage

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What is an earthquake?

• A sudden shaking of the ground caused by volcanic activity

• A sudden shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates

• A sudden shaking of the ground caused by heavy rainfall

• A sudden shaking of the ground caused by human activities

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What is a tsunami?

• A large wave caused by the moon's gravitational pull

• A large wave caused by heavy rainfall

• A large wave caused by underwater volcanic activity

• A large wave caused by underwater earthquakes

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What is a drought?

• A long period of excessive rainfall

• A long period of excessive snowfall

• A long period of excessive heat

• A long period of insufficient rainfall

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What is the effect of an earthquake on the Earth's surface?

• It creates new mountains

• It causes the ground to shake and can result in the formation of cracks and faults

• It changes the rotation of the Earth

• It causes the sea level to rise

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Which of the following is considered a natural disaster?

• A car accident

• A building collapse

• An earthquake

• A factory explosion

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What causes a volcanic eruption?

• Accumulation of pressure from the Earth's core

• Movement of tectonic plates beneath the Earth's surface

• Heavy rainfall seeping into the Earth's crust

• Human activities such as mining and drilling

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Which of the following is not a natural disaster?

• Tsunami

• Volcanic eruption

• Forest fire

• Industrial accident

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What causes an earthquake?

• Wind erosion

• Gravitational pull of the moon

• Heat from the sun

• Sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust

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What causes a forest fire?

• Lightning
• Rainfall
• Snowfall
• Wind