WorksheetsNatural Disasters!
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which natural disaster famously struck Kobe in 1995?
Flood
Earthquake
Famine
Tornado
The largest earthquake ever recorded anywhere in the world occurred in 1960 in Chile. What event accompanied this earthquake?
Tsunami
Volacano
Wildfire
All of the following are TRUE about disasters EXCEPT...
A disaster may be domestic or international
A disaster may be caused by nature or have human origins
A disaster always receives widespread media coverage.
A disaster may have a known and gradual onset
According to the United Nations between 1992 and 2000 there were approximately ____ disasters per year throughout the world
100
300
500
800
Disasters frequently result in all of the following EXCEPT
Damage to the ecological environment
Displacement of populations
Destruction of a population's homeland
Sustained public attention during the recovery phase
UNDRR stands for?
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
UN Office for Disaster Risk and Restitution
Name the two major Italian towns, now a UNESCO WHS, that were destroyed when Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D.
Florence and Venice
Pompeii and Herculaneum
Rome and Milan
Siciliy and Verona
What does the Fujita scale or Fujita–Pearson scale (FPP scale) measure?
Tsunami impacts
Flood depths
Magnitude of earthquakes
Tornado intensity, based primarily on the damage it inflicts on human-built structures and vegetation
If an epicentre is a point directly above an earthquake on the surface of the Earth, what is the term for the point within the earth where the rupture starts?
Backarc
Benioff zone
Hypocenter
Fault scarp
Which of the following factors affect the risk from natural events such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and floods?
Geographic location
Urbanization
All of these factors
Level of economic development
What is a tectonic hazard?
A hazard that occurs because of a movement of the Earth’s crust.
A hazard that occurs when the climate becomes too hot and causes drought.
A hazard that occurs as the result of human actions.
A hazard that occurs as the result of extreme weather conditions.
True or false? An increase in the frequency and magnitude of a natural hazard can affect hazard risk.
True
False
What is the difference between a natural hazard and a natural disaster?
They are exactly the same
A hazard is what could happen, a disaster is after it has an impact on humans
I disaster is what could happen, a hazard is after it has an impact on humans
Hurricanes and tsunamis are natural disasters, but earthquakes and volcanoes are hazards
Scientists can predict exactly when a volcanic eruption will occur.
True
False
