Natural Hazards Quiz

A seismograph can be used to measure and study what?

• Tsunamis

• Earthquakes

• All the above

Scientist can predict exactly when a volcanic eruption will occur.

• True

• False

What force causes landslides?

• Mass

• Inertia

• Gravity

Wildfires are beneficial.

• True

• False

What is the center of the hurricane called?

• Belly

• Eye

• Circle

The most common cause of a flood is___?

• Heavy rainfall

• High tide

• Waves

Volcanic eruptions can also cause tsunamis?

• False

• True

A tiltmeter is a tool used to study what?

• Hurricanes

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

Flash floods are slow moving giving people time to evacuate.

• True

• False

What is a Mudslide?

• The act of making people leave a place because of danger.

• A very bad snowstorm

• A disaster in which rocks and debris move quickly down a mountain.