Natural Disasters Vocabulary Quiz

What is the definition of an eyewitness?

• A person who has tasted something happen

• A person who has heard something happen

• A person who has seen something happen

• A person who has smelled something happen

What is the purpose of an experiment?

• To learn about something through a scientific test

• To create a hypothesis about something

• To ignore something completely

• To make a guess about something

What is a fault in Earth's crust?

• A mountain range

• A crack in Earth's crust

• A deep ocean trench

• A volcanic eruption

What does it mean to heave something?

• To move side to side

• To lift, pull, push, or throw with a lot of effort

• To stand still

• To jump up and down

What does it mean to trigger something?

• To cause something to start or happen

• To stop something from happening

• To predict something happening

• To observe something happening

What does it mean to pinpoint the location of something?

• To ignore the location of something

• To guess the location of something

• To estimate the location of something

• To figure out the exact location of something

What is the definition of magnitude in the context of an earthquake?

• The earthquake's taste

• The earthquake's strength

• The earthquake's smell

• The earthquake's color

What is an aftershock?

• A smaller, weaker earthquake that often follows a main earthquake event

• A main earthquake event

• A tsunami

• A volcanic eruption

What is a tsunami?

• A strong wind

• A heavy rainstorm

• A gigantic wave of seawater caused by an earthquake in oceanic crust

• A snowstorm

What does it mean to surge forward?

• To move backward quickly

• To move forward slowly

• To stand still

• To move forward quickly, suddenly, and with force