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Natural Hazards CFU 1 Year 9
By Joseph Stringer
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Question 1
1.
What is a natural hazard?
Earthquake
Traffic congestion
Deforestation
Pollution
Question 2
2.
Which factor lowers vulnerability to disasters?
Strong government policy
High education levels
Limited resources
Poor quality infrastructure
Question 3
3.
Why is coastal living risky?
Tsunamis and tropical storms
Higher temperatures
Better resources
Isolated living
Question 4
4.
Economic impact of hazards includes?
Increased population
Spread of disease
Loss of jobs and income
Habitat recovery
Question 5
5.
How does urbanization affect hazard risk?
Always decreases risk
Has no impact
Can both increase and decrease
Always increases risk
Question 6
6.
Name the ancient supercontinent?
Laurasia
Eurasia
Gondwana
Pangea
Question 7
7.
What is liquid metal in Earth?
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
Crust
Question 8
8.
What drives tectonic movement?
Convection currents in mantle
Ocean currents
Gravity
Wind
Question 9
9.
Which is NOT continental drift evidence?
Fossil patterns
Ocean currents
Jigsaw fit
Glacial scratches
Question 10
10.
Tectonic plates move at what speed?
Several meters per day
At speed of sound
At rate fingernails grow
Instantly during earthquakes
Question 11
11.
Which Earth layer is solid but hot?
Outer Core
Inner Core
Mantle
Crust
Question 12
12.
Which boundary creates composite volcanoes?
Conservative
Destructive
Collision
Constructive
Question 13
13.
Which boundary forms shield volcanoes?
Constructive
Destructive
Conservative
Collision
Question 14
14.
Which boundary causes strong quakes only?
Constructive
Collision
Destructive
Conservative
Question 15
15.
Which boundary creates mountains?
Constructive
Collision
Conservative
Destructive
Question 16
16.
What happens at destructive boundaries?
Plates slide past each other
Subduction of oceanic plate
No movement occurs
Plates move apart
Question 17
17.
Which hazard is likely at constructive boundaries?
Tsunami
Mountain formation
Shield volcano eruption
Composite volcano eruption
Question 18
18.
What's likely at collision boundaries?
Tsunami
Earthquake and mountain formation
Flooding
Shield volcano eruption