Natural Disasters And Natural Hazards

What is the natural disaster that occurs when Tectonic Plates slide past each other?

• earthquake
• hurricane
• tsunami
• volcano eruption

What are ways that tsunamis are formed?

• Avalanches, hailstorms, or thunderstorms
• Droughts, wildfires, or blizzards
• Hurricanes, tornadoes, or snowstorms
• Underwater earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or landslides

What scale is used to measure the severity of hurricanes?

• Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale
• Beaufort Scale
• Richter Scale
• Enhanced Fujita Scale

What direction does hurricanes spin in each hemisphere, and why is this?

• Counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere because of the Coriolis effect

• Counterclockwise in both hemispheres because of the wind, velocity, and high pressure

• Clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere because of the Chronos effect

• Clockwise in both hemispheres because the Earth’s magnetic field and gravitational pull

In what part of the US does tornadoes occur most frequently?

• Storm Street(Central US

• Tornado Alley(Central US)

• Cyclone Corridor(East US)

• Hurricane Highway(East US)

What time of the day do tornadoes most occur?

• 4 p.m~9p.m

• 6 p.m~7 a.m

• 16 a.m~21 a.m

• 23 a.m~ 3 a.m

• 1 a.m~8 a.m

What scale is used to classify tornadoes, and how is it measured?

• Beaufort scale based on temperature
• Richter scale based on wind speed
• Saffir-Simpson scale based on pressure
• Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale based on the damage it causes

What is the Fire Triangle of wildfire?

• Fuel, Wind, Heat
• Water, Oxygen, Heat
• Fuel, Oxygen, Heat
• Fuel, Oxygen, Cold

What is the most common type of fuel in the Fire Triangle?

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Where do most earthquakes in the world occur?

• Indian-Australian plate

• Circum-pacific belt(AKA Ring of Fire)

• The Alpide belt(AKA Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt)

• Same rate everywhere