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WorksheetsNatural Disasters - V1
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
What is the name for a type of storm with powerful rotating winds, which creates a funnel that comes from a cloud down toward the ground.
TORNADO
EARTHQUAKE
VOLCANO
What is the name for the shaking of the surface of earth, caused by sudden movement of the tectonic plates?
TORNADO
EARTHQUAKE
VOLCANO
What is the name for a mountain or hill with an opening that erupts and magma is pushed up through the opening with great force?
TORNADO
EARTHQUAKE
VOLCANO
What is the name for a large ocean wave usually caused by an underwater earthquake or a volcanic explosion?
TSUNAMI
EARTHQUAKE
VOLCANO
What is the name for big masses of snow, ice, and rocks that fall rapidly down a mountainside?
AVALANCHE
EARTHQUAKE
VOLCANO
EARTHQUAKES:
Where do earthquakes occur?
Where two tectonic plates meet
In any place with mountains
In the ocean areas
EARTHQUAKES:
What is the name of the outer layer of the Earth?
Earth’s crust
Earth’s surface
Earth’s center
EARTHQUAKES:
What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?
Tectonic plates
Puzzles
Earthquakes
EARTHQUAKES:
Where do most earthquakes occur?
In the epicenter
In dangerous zones
In the center of tectonic plates
In the union of tectonic plates
EARTHQUAKES:
What is the name of the place where two plates meet?
Fault
Union
Ocean
EARTHQUAKES:
What is the name of the point on the ground where the earthquake is the strongest.
Epicenter
Dangerous zones
Ground Zero
EARTHQUAKES:
What is the name of the weaker tremblings of the Earth after an earthquake?
Aftershakes
Tsunamis
Cracks
EARTHQUAKES:
When the focus of an earthquake is under the sea, there may be a _____________
Tsunami
Volcano
Twister
EARTHQUAKES:
Which of these describes Convergent Boundaries?
Two plates pushing away from each other
Two plates sliding towards each other
Two plates sliding next to each other
A plate sliding over another plate
EARTHQUAKES:
Which of these describes Divergent Boundaries?
Two plates pushing away from each other
Two plates sliding towards each other
Two plates sliding next to each other
A plate sliding over another plate
EARTHQUAKES:
Which of these describes Transform Boundaries?
Two plates pushing away from each other
Two plates sliding towards each other
Two plates sliding next to each other
A plate sliding over another plate
EARTHQUAKES:
What type of Earthquake created the Himalayan Mountain range?
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
EARTHQUAKES:
Earthquakes are measured on the Ritcher scale, the higher the magnitude (number), the __________.
weaker the earthquake
stronger the earthquake
louder it is
the softer it is
Tornadoes
True or false: A tornado is a lethal combination of wind and power.
True
False
Tornadoes
True or false: Every strong strom results in a tornado
True
False
Tornadoes
True or false: Tornadoes are created by a combination of strong winds, hot and cold, that when they crash against each other they start spinning.
True
False
Tornadoes
True or false: Tornadoes cause a lot of damage but they are not deadly
True
False
Tornadoes
True or false: Meteorologists are scientists who study climate and help predict storms, hurricanes and tornadoes.
True
False
Tornadoes
True or false: Meteorologists can easily predict tornadoes by studying the directions of the winds.
True
False
Tornadoes
True or false: The main difference between a tornado and a hurricane is that tornadoes are a lot bigger than hurricanes
True
False
Tsunamis:
Tsunamis are caused by underwater shaking caused by ____________
Earthquakes or volcanic eruptions
Climate changes and storms
Enormous waves
Tsunamis:
Can you feel a tsunami if you are on a boat in the middle of the ocean?
Yes
No
Tsunamis:
How fast can tsunami waves travel?
As fast as a small plane
As fast as a car
As fast as a cheetah
Volcanoes:
What are volcanoes?
An opening in the earth's crust through which magma comes out
An enormous mountain that sometimes explodes because it gets very hot
The union of two tectonic plates that sometimes move and causes shaking of the ground
Volcanoes:
What comes out of volcanoes?
Lava
Hot Air
Ashes
All of them
Volcanoes:
What is a dormant volcano?
A volcano that has not had activity in a long time but still may erupt someday
A volcano that has not erupted in many years and will never erupt again
A volcano that has erupted recently
Volcanoes:
What are the volcano mountains made of?
Layers of hardened lava
Layers of rock and grass
Layers of earth's crust
Volcanoes:
Is it possible for planes to fly close to an erupting volcano?
No, volcanic ashes make flying very dangerous
Yes, if the pilot stays out of the way of the flying lava it is not dangerous
Volcanoes:
Which is the strongest type of volcano?
Cinder cone volcano
Stratovolcano
Shield volcano
Volcanoes:
Volcanoes change the land by...
breaking the land
taking away the land
adding more land
destroying the land
Volcanoes:
Volcanoes are found...
on land
under water
on islands
anywhere
Volcanoes:
Where are most of the active volcanoes located?
In the Pacific Ocean, in the Ring of Fire
In North America, most of them in the United States
In Iceland and the North Pole.
Volcanoes:
What is the Ring of Fire?
An area around the edges of the Pacific Ocean where a lot of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur
A ring of lava that forms at the top of the volcano during the eruption.
An area with ponds of hot water in yellowstone national park
