Tsunamis, Earthquakes and Volcanoes

What causes earthquakes

• pressure from within the Earth's crust

• human activity

• volcanoes

• changes in temperature

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What is a Tsunami?

• A large storm with high speed winds

• A tropical cyclone that occurs in the Pacific Ocean

• A large and powerfully generated wave

• A type of tornado

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What is magma?

• Hot semifluid rock that becomes solid rock as it cools off.

• A mix of rocks, minerals, gases, and water from the mantle.

• A weak spot in Earth’s crust where magma can come to the surface.

• Hardened rock.

What is a volcano?

• A weak spot in Earth’s crust where magma can come to the surface.

• A mix of rocks, minerals, gases, and water from the mantle.

• Hot semifluid rock that becomes solid rock as it cools off.

• A special kind of mountain.

What kind of volcano is this?

• Stratovolcano

• Shield volcano

• Cinder cone volcano

• It's not a volcano

Which THREE natural disasters are more common in the Ring of Fire?

• earthquakes

• volcanoes

• tornadoes

• tsunamis

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If you lived in Indonesia, part of the "Ring of Fire", what natural disaster would you probably not see?

• hurricane

• tornado

• earthquake

• volcano

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If a volcano produces a pyroclastic flow, you might be buried by

• rock

• ash

• gas

• all three

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Which type of natural disaster can actually form new islands?

• volcanoes

• hurricanes

• flooding

• tsunamis

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If seismic waves are passing through the earth, you are experiencing...

• an earthquake

• a hurricane

• a flood

• a tornado

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