Geological Hazards Pre-test

What is the result of geological processes, that impact on our activities such as loss of life, injury, or economic loss?

• Geological Disaster

• Hydro-geological Disaster

• Geological Hazard

• Geographical Disaster

Astronomical-related disasters belong to what type of disaster?

• Anthropogenic Disaster

• Hydro-meteorological Disaster

• Biological Disaster

• Geological Disaster

Coastal erosion is an example of what type of disaster?

• Biological Disaster

• Hydro-meteorological Disaster

• Geological Disaster

• Anthropogenic Disaster

What is the meaning of subsidence?

• involves the movement of a plate where it meets another plate

• the sinking of the ground because of underground material movement

• a movement within tectonic plates

• to go down or reduce to a weaker or normal level

Erosion is the geological process where earthen materials are worn away by natural forces such as wind or water.

• True

• False

A meteorite impact to Earth can be considered an example of a hydro-meteorological disaster.

• False

• True

A meteorite is a meteoroid that survives its passage through Earth's atmosphere and impacts the ground.

• True

• False

What is believed to have caused the mass extinction of Earth's species 65 million years ago?

• Asteroid Impact

• Aftershock

• Fireball Impact

• Meteoroid Impact

What is an example of a man-made phenomenon that can cause further disaster?

• Coastal erosion

• Underground mining

• Subduction

• Bolide explosion

What do you call a large hole or cavity on the ground caused by an explosion?

• Crater

• Open-pit

• Aperture

• Chasm