Natural Hazards Quiz

What is a hazard?

• A potential threat to human life and property

• A type of weather pattern

• A geological formation

• A type of ecosystem

Where does the Continental Fracture Zone (CFZ) extend to?

• From Spain through the Alps to the Middle East and to the Himalayas

• From the Amazon to the Andes

• From the Sahara to the Gobi

• From the Arctic to the Antarctic

What generates convection currents in the mantle?

• Extreme pressure

• Temperature gradient

• Radioactive decay

• Primordial heat

What landform is typically created at a destructive plate boundary involving oceanic and continental plates?

• Rift valleys

• Ocean ridges

• Fold mountains

• Ocean trenches

What happens to the continental crust in a continental-continental plate boundary?

• It subducts completely

• It piles up due to pressure

• It forms a trench

• It melts into magma

Which type of plate boundary involves the subduction of an oceanic plate beneath a continental plate?

• Transform boundary

• Destructive plate boundary

• Constructive plate boundary

• Conservative plate boundary

What is a characteristic of continental crust?

• Low density, mainly basalt

• High density, mainly granite

• Thin and newly created

• Composed of iron and nickel

What is the speed range of Secondary waves?

• 1-5 km/hr

• 2-6 km/hr

• 4-8 km/s

• 2.5-4 km/hr

What causes pyroclastic flows to be extremely dangerous?

• Their color

• Their high speeds

• Their smell

• Their temperature

What is the final stage of the Park Model?

• Relief

• Rehabilitation

• Reconstruction

• Recovery