Natural Disasters Generation Genius

Which of these natural disasters tend to occur near plate boundaries?

• volcanoes

• earthquakes

• both of these

• none of these

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What do the lines on this map represent?

• volcanoes

• earthquakes

• plate boundaries

• travel routes

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What is the molten rock from a volcano called BEFORE it erupts at the Earth's surface?

• hot rocks

• fire

• magma

• lava

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What causes tsunamis?

• whales

• wind

• earthquakes

• thunderstorms

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Match the following

• Tsunami

• Huge waves of water that crash on shore after under water disturbances

• Earthquake

• When Magma beneath the Earth's crust heat and pressure builds and it pushes out

• Tornado

• Happens when part of the solid ground beneath the surface suddenly shifts

• Hurricane

• A small storm formed over land that usually only last for a few minutes

• Volcanoe

• Huge Spinning storm that form over warm ocean water

These shutters are engineered to protect against what type of natural disaster?

• hurricane

• earthquake

• volcano

• heat wave

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Which of these is NOT a characteristic of a natural disaster?

• humans can stop them

• difficult to predict

• cause damage

• humans can lessen impact

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Why do so many volcanoes and earthquakes happen along plate boundaries?

• plates move and shift

• bad weather in these areas

• coincidence

• none of these

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What do you call a tool that measures the size of an earthquake?

• scale

• seismograph

• earthquake monitor

• Richter scale

Which of these is a good engineering design for buildings where earthquakes occur?

• only 1 floor

• very tall

• storm shutters

• basements

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