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WorksheetsNatural Hazards Practice Quiz
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 14mins
Events in nature that may have a negative effect
Natural Processes
Natural Hazards
Merit
Impact
Natural Processes
An answer to a problem that is the result of a thought-out plan
Dangerous events caused by weather
Direct effect or change
Series or groups of events that occur naturally
Value or goodness
Weather-Related Hazards
Merit
Natural Hazards
What is the best way to alert people to the possibility of a natural hazard occurring?
Watch or listen to the local forecasts.
Make observations of the current weather.
Have a warning system.
Direct effect or change
Design Solution
Impact
Natural Processes
Weather-Related Hazards
How can buildings be protected from lightning strikes?
Cover buildings with blankets.
There is no way to protect buildings from lightning strikes.
Install lightning rods on the highest part of buildings.
What can people do to help themselves before a natural hazard occurs?
Buy a new car.
Make an emergency plan.
Put a fence around their homes.
Learn more about history.
How can humans reduce the impact of a natural hazard?
Stop building dams.
Build stronger buildings.
Build only one-story buildings.
An answer to a problem that is the result of a thought-out plan
Merit
Design Solution
Impact
Natural Processes
What is the merit of building barriers around buildings?
They keep buildings cooler.
They keep buildings from flooding.
They keep buildings from being in the paths of tornado's.
Dangerous events caused by weather
Impact
Weather-Related Hazards
Design Solution
What is an earthquake?
An earthquake is the shaking of the Earth when the wind is very strong
An earthquake is the tremble of the surface of the Earth when a huge tsunami hits the shore
An earthquake is the shaking of the surface of the Earth, resulting from the sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves
True or False. Natural hazards become natural disasters when people's lives and livelihoods are destroyed.
False
True
A period of rapid rain fall causing a river to rise and overflow their banks
Landslides
Earthquakes
Wild Fires
Flooding
A naturally occurring event that may have a negative effect on people or the environment is called a _.
natural disaster
experience
severe weather warning
natural hazard
It is caused by lightning and volcanic eruptions in dry areas
Landslides
Floods
Wild Fires
Earthquakes
True or False. Natural hazards become natural disasters when people's lives and livelihoods are destroyed.
False
True
A period of rapid rain fall causing a river to rise and overflow their banks
Landslides
Earthquakes
Wild Fires
Flooding
This image is an example of which natural hazard?
Landslide
Volcanic Eruption
Flooding
Earthquake
True or False. A natural hazards have a natural cause that can be prevented.
True
False
In order for a hurricane to form, the water must be ________.
Cool
Warm
