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Chapter 8 Natural Hazard

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a volcano? 
a)
a chemical reaction that produces fire
b)
a valley under the ocean
c)
an atmospheric condition
d)
an opening in Earth’s crust
2.
What is a huge wave made by an underwater earthquake?
a)
hurricane
b)
tsunami
3.
What is a flood?
a)
a great flow of water over land that is usually dry
b)
a very large, swirling storm with strong winds and heavy rains
4.
During a volcanic eruption, _____ can cause damage.
a)
ash flow
b)
lava 
c)
tephra
d)
all of the above 
5.

Resources that are not able to be reproduced as quickly as they are used are called _____.

a)

renewable resources

b)

replaceable resources

c)

non renewable resources

d)

non replaceable resources

6.

Renewable resources ...

a)

are not replaceable

b)

are used more frequently than non renewables

c)

are never going to run out

d)

going to run out

7.

What are fossil fuels?

a)

coal, oil, uranium

b)

oil, natural gas, uranium

c)

coal, oil, natural gas

d)

geothemals, coal, natural gas

8.
Where does most of earth`s energy come from?
a)
The sun
b)
Mars
c)
Wind
d)
Water
9.

Gold is a renewable resource.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Wind is a renewable resource.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Oil is a renewable resource.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

___________ energy comes directly from the sun.

a)

Warm

b)

Solar

c)

Hydro

d)

Bio-fuels

13.
__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.
a)
Renewable Energy Resource
b)
Nonrenewable Energy Resource
14.

a)

Soil Pollution

b)

Air Pollution

c)

Water Pollution

15.

What pollution is this?

a)

Land

b)

Air

c)

Sound

d)

Water

16.

What is pollution?

a)

When small materials get into the environment

b)

When clean materials get into the environment

c)

When harmful materials get into the environment

17.

What pollution is this?

a)

Water pollution

b)

Land pollution

c)

Noise pollution

d)

Air pollution

18.

Car emission gases causes air pollution

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What does RECYCLING mean?

a)

throw away

b)

give things to other people

c)

make new things out of old ones

d)

using things again and again

20.

Is it recyclable?

a)

Yes

b)

No

21.

The three "R´s" are:

a)

Review, reuse and recycle

b)

Reduce, reuse, and recycle

22.

Most living things like plants and animals can grow to replace themselves even though it may happen slowly, so they are called

a)

renewable

b)

nonrenewable

c)

inexhaustible

d)

recycle

23.

What is a drawback?

a)

a disadvantage or problem

b)

a advantage

c)

a resource