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Geological hazard

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is an opening in the Earth’s crust that allows molten rock, gases, and debris to escape to the surface.

a)

mountain

b)

volcano

c)

hills

2.

Choose all the correct answer:

Signs of an Impending Volcanic eruption

a)

Ground deformation

b)

Ballistic projectiles

c)

Seismic activity

d)

Lahars

e)

Auditory observations

3.

Choose all the correct answer:

Volcanic phenomena

a)

Lahars

b)

Ballistic projectiles

c)

Seismic activity

d)

Lahars

e)

Auditory observations

4.

Refers to surface changes on a volcano, such as subsidence (sinking), tilting, or bulge formation, due to the movement of magma below the surface.

a)

lahar

b)

ground deformation

c)

seismic acitivity

5.

Smell of sulfur (rotten eggs)

a)

Olfactory

b)

Auditory observations

c)

Feel (Tactile)

6.

Are stream-like flows of incandescent molten rock erupted from a crater or fissure.

a)

lava flow

b)

Ashfall or tephra fall

c)

Pyroclastic flows

7.

Are showers of airborne fine- to coarse-grained volcanic particles that fallout from the plumes of a volcanic eruption.

a)

lava flow

b)

Ashfall or tephra fall

c)

Pyroclastic flows

8.

Are turbulent masses of ejected fragmented volcanic materials (ash and rocks), mixed with hot gasses (200°C to 700°C to as hot as 900°C) that flow downslope at very high speeds (>60kph).

a)

lava flow

b)

Ashfall or tephra fall

c)

Pyroclastic flows

9.

Are rapidly flowing thick mixture of volcanic sediments (from the pyroclastic materials) and water, usually triggered by intense rainfall during typhoons, monsoons, and thunderstorms.

a)

lahars

b)

Ashfall or tephra fall

c)

Pyroclastic flows

10.

Are volcanic materials directly ejected from the volcano’s vent with force and trajectory.

a)

lahars

b)

Ballistic projectiles

c)

Pyroclastic flows

11.

Are gasses and aerosols released into the atmosphere, which include water vapor, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen fluoride.

a)

lahars

b)

Volcanic gasses

c)

Pyroclastic flows

12.

Massive collapse of a volcano, usually triggered by an earthquake or volcanic eruption

a)

lahars

b)

Debris avalanche

c)

Pyroclastic flows

13.

Choose all the correct answer:

Active Volcano in the Philippines

a)

Apo

b)

Bulusan

c)

Mayon

d)

Taal

e)

Pinatubo

14.

Also known as a landslip.

a)

lahars

b)

Debris avalanche

c)

Rainfall-induced Landslide

15.

Occur due to erosion or underground water. They start developing a long time before it actually appears.

a)

Natural sinkholes

b)

man-made sinkholes

c)

Rainfall-induced Landslide