Natural Hazards

Which type of eruption has a VEI number of 7?

• Paroxysmal

• Colossal

• Super-colossal

• Mega-colossal

What is pyroclastic flow?

• A mudslide like a flood of concrete

• A type of lava flow

• A volcanic eruption cloud

• hot ash, lava and gases

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What can lava trigger besides covering objects?

• Wildfires

• Earthquakes

• Floods

• Tornadoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What natural event can accompany a volcanic eruption (before and/or after)? Select all that apply

• Earthquake

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Tsunami

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the EF rating for a tornado that causes roofs to be damaged and debris to enter the air?

• EF-0

• EF-1

• EF-2

• EF-3

VEI stands for

• Volcano Eruption Information

• Valuable Explosive Intelligence

• Volcanic Explosivity Index

The ingredients needed for a tornado is

• strong winds and thunderstorms

• warm, moist air colliding with cooler, drier air

• flat land and clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The following are considered weather and climate hazards:

• earthquakes, sinkholes, tsunami

• flood, drought, blizzard

• volcanic eruption, landslide, wildfire

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

If a volcano has not erupted in the past 10,000 years, it is considered:

• active

• dormant

• extinct

• unalive

The most common worldwide natural disaster is

• flood

• storm

• volcanic eruption

• blizzard

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4