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Natural Hazards Quiz

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Time to test your knowledge of all things naturally hazardous. This engaging quiz will test how much you know about volcanoes, earthquakes and how they happen.
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Question 1

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The Richter Scale is logarithmic.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 2

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What happens when two continental plates converge?
Answer
  • Subduction
  • A volcano is formed
  • A fold mountain is formed
  • An ocean trench is formed

Question 3

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What type of boundary is shown on the accompanying image?
Image:
Label The Diagram (image/png)
Answer
  • Constructive
  • Destructive
  • Transverse

Question 4

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Which of the following is not an atmospheric hazard?
Answer
  • tsunami
  • hurricane
  • blizzard
  • drought

Question 5

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Deaths are a secondary effect of a volcanic eruption.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 6

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Which of the following measures the shaking of the ground?
Answer
  • tiltmeter
  • GPS
  • seismograph
  • Radon Detection Devices

Question 7

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A deeper foundation can help protect a building from earthquakes.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 8

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Volcanoes can cause climate change.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 9

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Do hotspots move with the overlying crust?
Answer
  • Yes
  • No

Question 10

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Which of these is a physical factor that affects vulnerability to hazards?
Answer
  • Gender
  • Development
  • Governance
  • Telecommunications

Question 11

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Which of the following is an example of a stratovolcano?
Answer
  • Mount St. Helen's, USA
  • Mauna Loa, Hawaii
  • Old Faithful, USA
  • Mount Vesuvius, Italy

Question 12

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Which type of lava is runny in nature?
Answer
  • Acidic
  • Basic
  • Neither

Question 13

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Label the diagram of the Earth:
Image:
Core No Label (image/png)
Answer
  • Crust
  • Mantle
  • Core

Question 14

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What is the feature shown in the image?
Image:
Iceland 1901122 960 720 (image/jpeg)
Answer
  • Caldera
  • Geyser
  • Volcano

Question 15

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What is the feature shown in the image?
Image:
Crater 1846775 960 720 (image/jpeg)
Answer
  • Stratovolcano
  • Cinder cone
  • Caldera
  • Shield volcano
  • Lava Plateau

Question 16

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Volcanoes are only found at constructive plate margins.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 17

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What is the feature shown in the image?
Image:
Rift Valley, Iceland (image/jpeg)
Answer
  • Rift valley
  • Caldera
  • Lava tube
  • Converging plates

Question 18

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Economic recession is a [blank_start]secondary[blank_end] effect of an earthquake.
Answer
  • secondary

Question 19

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What happens when a continental and oceanic plate converge?
Answer
  • The continental plate is subducted
  • The oceanic plate is subducted
  • Fold mountains are formed
  • Both plates are subducted

Question 20

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What type of hazard is flooding?
Answer
  • Atmospheric
  • Tectonic
  • Geo-morphological
  • Biological
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