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Natural Disasters Quiz

Last updated almost 5 years ago

5 questions

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Question 2

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Which is the safest material to use if engineering a house near a volcano: wood, foam, metal, or stone?
Explain your thinking.

Sentence Stem:
I think the safestest material to use if engineering a house near a volacano is __ because _.

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Question 1

1.

What do you call a tool that measures the size of an earthquake?

Richter scale

earthquake monitor 

seismograph

scale

Question 3

3.

What do the lines on this map represent?

volcanes

plate boundaries

earthquakes 

travel routes

Question 4

4.

These shutters are engineered to protect against what type of natural disaster: hurricane, earthquake, volcano, or heatwave?

Explain your thinking.

Sentence Stem:
These shutters are enginereed to protect against _ because the shutters help by ___.

Question 5

5.

Which of these is not a characteristic of a natural disaster?

difficult to predict 

cause damage 

humans can stop them

humans can lessen impact 