Openscied Natural Hazards

What is the difference between a natural hazard and a natural disaster? 

• They are exactly the same 
• A hazard is what could happen, a disaster is after it has an impact on humans
• I disaster is what could happen, a hazard is after it has an impact on humans 
• Hurricanes and tsunamis are natural disasters, but earthquakes and volcanoes are hazards

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Choose the best 2 phrases. Strange animal behavior, such as toads fleeing an area, could be an indicator that ____________ are/is about to occur.

• a volcanic eruption

• seismic waves

• a hurricane

• an earthquake

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Flooding, property damage, fatalities, and fires are all effects of what natural hazard?

• Tsunamis and Earthquakes

• Volcanoes and Tornados

• Hurricanes

• all of the above

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A barometer measures ?

• Wind

• Earthquakes

• Pressure

• Hurricanes

Scientists can predict exactly when a volcanic eruption will occur.

• True

• False

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Reshaping new land, debris avalanches, destroyed forests, and death to many animals are all effects of what natural hazard? Hint: Remember Mother Nature in the forest you watched at the beginning of the year?

• Tornado

• Flooding

• Volcanic Eruption

• Tsunami

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Why is it beneficial to be able to predict when and where natural hazards will occur? 

• Communities can be notified to evacuate 
• So that we can stop them from happening again 
• So that scientists know where to go in order to study them 
• So that we can harness their power for renewable energy

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A huge undersea earthquake off the Alaskan coastline could produce what natural hazard?

• Tsunami

• Cyclone

• Hurricane

• Tornado

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Rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault causing tectonic movement, causing what natural hazard? 

• Volcanic Eruption 
• Cyclone
• Earthquake
• Hurricane

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What technologies and techniques currently exist to mitigate the effect of hurricanes? Choose 2 statements.

• Boarding up existing housing.

• Build buildings in circles with surrounding walls

• Build buildings out of renewable resources

• Elevate buildings and cities; build flood walls

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