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WorksheetsDisaster Management
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which of the following is not a natural disaster?
Bhopal Gas Tragedy
Rockslide
Earthquake
cyclone
What is the first step in case of an earthquake?
run towards the open space
Drop Cover Hold
start crawling on your elbows
shut all the doors and windows
What is a natural disaster?
A red letter day
A bad thing caused by a bad person
An event that causes suffering brought on by nature
An event that causes suffering brought on by an enemy
What are giant ocean-going waves that are caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruptions called?
Tsunamis
Earthquake
Tornadoes
Hurricanes
What is the Richter Scale?
A system of measuring the wind
A system of measuring the depth of the ocean
A system of measuring the height of volcanoes
A system of measuring the strength of earthquakes
What is this natural disaster?
Landslide
Windstorm
Tsunami
Flood
Which is a man made disaster
Weapons
Flood
Cyclone
Volcana
Expansion of NDRF
National Disaster Reserve Force
National Disaster Relief Force
National Disaster Response Force
National Disaster Relief Fund
Which one among the following is NOT a characteristic feature of disaster?
Suddenness
Unexpectedness
Significant destruction
long term planning
What are effects of landslides? Tick all answers that are correct.
They create big waves
They can destroy houses and roads
They can hurt people and animals
They can cause a fire
What can we do to protect us from floods? Check all correct answers.
Build walls/dikes/levees to stop the water
Build canals to let the water flow away faster
Build caves to hide
Let the flood destroy our city
What can we do to protect us from landslides? Check all correct answers
Plant trees and plants so the soil and the rocks do not get loose easily.
Build a big net on the hill to keep the soil and rocks in place.
Use explosions to scare the mountains.
Live in an airplane so the landslide can not reach us.
The instrument that measures the wind speed in a cyclone is
Anemometer
Barometer
Thermometer
Ammeter
Where does the air move in a CYCLONE?
Upwards
Downwards
What type of weather does a CYCLONE bring?
Clear and calm
Stormy
The oceans are getting warmer. Will this INCREASE or DECREASE the power of cyclones?
Increase
Decrease
Which among the following is NOT a cause of flood?
Construction of buildings in a flood plain
Planting more trees
Heavy rainfall
Paving roads and parking areas
A 10-year flood at any point in a stream is that discharge of water which may be expected to occur on average once in ____________
10 years
11 years
1 year
100 years
Pettmudi diasaster(2020) was a
Flood
Tsunami
Landslide
Mark the incorrect cause of flooding
Overflow
Accumulation
Cropping
Urbanization
Landslides are also called
mass wasting or mass movement. True or False
True
False
