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Natural hazards

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is a natural hazard?

a)

It is a threat of naturally occurring event will have a negative effect on humans.

b)

It is the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race or age.

c)

It is a characteristic of the relationship between humans and geologic processes.

2.

How do we call the negative effect that occurs on humans?

a)

Geological process

b)

Natural hazard

c)

Natural disasters

3.

Are the result of naturally occurring processes that have operated throughout Earth's history.

a)

Natural hazards

b)

Technological phenomenon

c)

Human actions

4.

____________ affect every human on the Earth all of the time, but are most noticeable when they cause loss of life of property.

a)

Geological processes

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Ecologic phenomenons

5.

Select the definition of floods..

a)

a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water resulting from this.

b)

A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action

c)

An overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is normally dry land.

6.

When was the UNESCO founded?

a)

After the first world war

b)

After the second world war

7.

Why was UNESCO founded?

a)

To protect the human rights.

b)

To create new missions in educations and schools.

c)

To create and maintain peace through economic, social or political agreements.

8.

What does UNESCO means?

a)

Public Education Service

b)

National Medical Arbitration Commission

c)

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

9.

Which are geological phenomena?

a)

earthquakes, Volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, subsidence of earth, landslides.

b)

Tropical cyclones, extreme rains, floods by rain, snowstorms, frosts, droughts.

c)

pests, epidemics, air pollution, water, soil.

10.

Which are health-ecological phenomena?

a)

fires, radiations, spills, biological contamination.

b)

pests, epidemics, contamination of water, air and land.

c)

social discomfort, sabotage or attack, vandalism.

11.

Demonstrations of social nonconformity.

Terrorism, vandalism, air, sea or land accidents. Are part of...

a)

Socio-organizational phenomena

b)

chemical-technological phenomena

c)

geological phenomena

d)

Hydro-meteorological phenomenon

12.

What is a democracy?

a)

The people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.

b)

It is a system of government in which people choose their rulers by voting for them in elections.

c)

It's an official organization or government department that has the power to make decisions.

13.

Which of these are strategies to solve a conflict?

a)

Compare ideas, share opinions.

b)

Shout, yell, don't listen other ideas.

c)

Negotiation, dialogue, mediation, control the emotions.