WorksheetsNatural Hazards
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which is the correct order for the layers of the earth?
Inner mantle, outer mantle, core, outer core
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
Crust, core, mantle, outer core
Where would the most damage be caused in an earthquake?
Close to the epicentre
Far away from the epicenter
In rural areas
Choose all statements that are true about the oceanic crust
Thicker than continental
Thinner than continental
Continually renewed and destroyed
Lighter than continental
Countries around the Pacific Ring of Fire are more at risk of what types of natural hazard?
Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
Earthquakes and flooding
Volcanic eruptions and drought
Volcanoes and forest fires
What would the likely short-term impacts of a weather hazard be on a developed country?
High death toll and high economic cost
Low death toll and low economic cost
High death toll and low economic cost
Low death toll and high economic cost
Which of the following are examples of plate margins
Conductive, destructive and conservative
Constructive, destructive and conservative
Constructive, destructive and democratic
Conductive, destructive and democratic
Where are ocean ridges often found?
Destructive plate margin
Conservative plate margin
Conductive plate margin
Constructive plate margin
On what scale do we measure the strength of tropical storms
Richter scale
Logarithmic scale
Saffir-Simpson scale
Beaufort wind force scale
When comparing tectonic events, we look at contrasting areas of wealth. Which country is our case study for a LIC earthquake?
(a)
Air at the Equator is heated strongly so it rises, creating low pressure conditions. The air then flows north and south high in the atmosphere, then sinks as it cools. Which convection cell is responsible for this?
Pressure cell
Polar cell
Hadley cell
Ferrel cell
What temperature does the ocean need to be for a tropical storm to form? (you do not need to write °C)
(a)
Why do earthquakes occur at conservative plate margins?
As the oceanic plate subducts the continental plate, frictation causes them to become stuck. Pressure builds up and eventually the rock fractures causing an earthquake
As two continental plates collide earthquakes occur as the land folds
As two plates move apart magma rises causing earthquakes
As the plates move past each other, friction causes them to become stuck. Pressure builds up until eventually the rock fractures causing an earthquake
Which of the following is not an example of a potential impact of a flood event?
Crops ruined
Death by drowning
Railway lines can buckle
Landslides
Where did Typhoon Haiyan form? Which ocean
(a)
What year did the Chile earthquake occur?
2010
2015
2008
2018
