ESCI111: LA3 & SQ3

Earthquake-induced landslides can occur on flat ground.

• True

• False

These are all characteristics of flood, except

• Duration

• Type of water

• Velocity of water flow

• Hydrodynamic Pressure

Which is the most destructive natural hazard?

• Cyclones

• Floods

• Tornadoes

• Storms

Strain energy under a fault line causes earthquakes to occur.

• True

• False

What are the most dangerous types of liquefaction?

• Rapid earth flows

• Simple Liquefaction

• Earth lateral spreads

• Complex Liquefaction

are the spewing forth of lava from active volcanoes.

In open ocean basins, the source of energy that creates waves is

• water

• fire

• earth

• wind

It is the vibration of the ground caused by seismic waves.

These are rotary storms that appear as a whirling and advancing funnel or wind extending downward from a cloud.

• Waves

• Tornadoes

• Cyclones

• Floods

It is the vertical distance between the top of the wave and its trough.

• 
  wave length

• 
  wave period

• 
  wave height

• wave crest