Natural Hazards and Tsunamis Quiz

What do we call the people impacted by a natural hazard, the people that require consideration to warn and help?

• Students

• Scientists

• Stakeholders

• Pets

Tsunamis are caused by:

• Volcanic eruptions

• Landslides

• Earthquakes

• All of the above

What causes a LARGE tsunami? An earthquake that is ....

• Deep in Earth’s crust and far inland

• Deep in Earth’s crust and low magnitude

• Shallow in the ocean crust and low magnitude

• Shallow in Earth’s oceanic crust and with a high magnitude

What technology is used to help detect a tsunami?

• seismometers

• doppler radar

• wind turbines

• thermal imaging

What does MITIGATE mean in relationship to our natural hazard unit?

• reduce damage

• detect tsunamis

• warn stakeholders

• recycle water

TV announcements, radio, sirens, and posters are all used to ___?

• mitigate/reduce damage

• detect tsunamis

• warn stakeholders of the danger

• reduce and recycle

When a tsunami travels from the deep ocean toward shore, it approaches shallow water, and the height of the wave

• decreases

• remains the same

• increases

• becomes unpredictable

Where do hurricanes form?

• underwater

• over deserts

• in polar regions

• over warm ocean water.

What scale measures a hurricane?

• the enhanced Fujita scale

• the saffir- simpson scale

• the VEI scale

• tornado strength and destruction cannot be measured

Where do strong tornadoes most commonly occur?

• California and the West Coast

• The NE (Maine/Maryland)

• The desert SW (Nevada/AZ)

• The plain states. South/Central (OK, KS)