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WorksheetsNatural Hazards and Humans
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 28mins
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Class
Date
1.
What technologies currently exist to mitigate the effect of hurricanes?
a)
There is currently no technology
b)
Build buildings in circles with surrounding walls
c)
Build buildings out of renewable resources
d)
Elevate buildings and cities; build flood walls
2.
Rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault causing tectonic movement, causing what natural hazard?
a)
Volcanic Eruption
b)
Cyclone
c)
Earthquake
d)
Hurricane
3.
What is the difference between a natural hazard and a natural disaster?
a)
They are exactly the same
b)
A hazard is what could happen, a disaster is after it has an impact on humans
c)
I disaster is what could happen, a hazard is after it has an impact on humans
d)
Hurricanes and tsunamis are natural disasters, but earthquakes and volcanoes are hazards
4.
Strange animal behavior, such as toads fleeing an area, could be an indicator that ____________ is about to occur.
a)
a volcanic eruption
b)
a tsunami
c)
a hurricane
d)
an earthquake
5.
A seismograph can be used to measure and study what?
a)
Volcanic eruptions
b)
Earthquakes
c)
Tsunamis
d)
All of the above
6.
Flooding, property damage, fatalities, and fires are all effects of what natural hazard?
a)
Tsunamis and Earthquakes
b)
Volcanoes and Tornados
c)
Hurricanes and Earthquakes
d)
Tsunamis and Hurricanes
7.
A tiltmeter is a tool used to study what?
a)
Tsunamis
b)
Earthquakes
c)
Volcanoes
d)
Hurricanes
8.
Scientists can predict exactly when a volcanic eruption will occur.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Reshaping new land, debris avalanches, destroyed forests, and death to many animals are all effects of what natural hazard?
a)
Hurricane
b)
Earthquake
c)
Volcanic Eruption
d)
Tsunami
10.
Why is it beneficial to be able to predict when and where natural hazards will occur?
a)
Communities can be notified to evacuate
b)
So that we can stop them from happening again
c)
So that scientists know where to go in order to study them
d)
So that we can harness their power for renewable energy
11.
What is the best way to collect data from a hurricane?
a)
satellite images
b)
flying an airplane into the storm
c)
ocean buoys
d)
ground stations
12.
A huge undersea earthquake off the Alaskan coastline could produce what natural hazard?
a)
Tsunami
b)
Cyclone
c)
Hurricane
d)
Drought
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