Natural Hazards and Disasters

Compared to hurricanes, earthquakes, and tornadoes, wildfires:

• Cause the most damage

• Tend to last longer

• Are easier to predict

• Cannot be prevented

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When and where is a wildfire most likely to happen?

• Nevada, during a summer drought

• The Midwest, in spring-time

• Massachusetts, on a rainy autumn day

• Australia, during a mild winter

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Which state has had significant Earthquakes in the past? Select all that are true.

• California

• Alaska

• Michigan

• Oregon

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You have a major fear of earthquakes. What state would be the worst to visit?

• California

• Ohio

• New York

• Florida

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A series of giant waves that happen after underwater movement due to an earthquake or volcanic eruption is called a ____________ .

• Hurricane

• Flood

• Tsunami

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A massive wave that can cause destruction when it reaches land.

• flood

• earthquake

• tsunami

• drought

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The sudden sliding of snow, ice, and rock down a slope.

• blizzard

• landslide

• volcano

• avalanche

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The sliding of rock and soil down a slope.

• flood

• drought

• avalanche

• landslide

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An opening in Earth’s crust that allows hot magma from beneath the crust to reach the surface.

• earthquake

• drought

• volcano

• landslide

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Sudden shaking of the ground

• landslide

• bomb

• flood

• earthquake

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