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Hazards and Disasters Practice Test
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1
How many major plates is the earth’s crust made of?
22
65
12
4
2
When a dome on a volcano collapses, what event is expected to ensue?
Pyroclastic flows
Nuée Ardentes
International mayhem, or WWIII for all you history maniacs
Tsunami
3
What two gases are important in the short-term prediction of volcano eruption?
SO2 and CO2
SO4 and CH3COO
Silver nitrate and arsenic pentafluoride
N2 and carbon
4
What factor describes how often a event occurs?
Frequency
Temporal spacing
Extent
Speed of onset
5
What is the range of the Richter scale?
Scale of 1-11
Scale of 1-8
Scale of 1-9
Scale of 1-10
6
What is a divergent plate boundary?
Plates are moving towards each other
Plates are moving away from each other
Plates are stationary
Plates slide past each other
7
Which one is not used to measure the impact of the disaster?
Number of injuries
Loss of life (total deaths)
Damage to property (replacement costs)
Loss of power
8
What is the scale for measuring the intensity of earthquakes?
Torino scale
Beaufort scale
Richter scale
Synoptic scale
9
Which is
not
a type of earthquake?
A tectonic earthquake
An explosion earthquake
A collapse earthquake
A fracture earthquake
10
How does climate change affect floods?
Rising sea levels and frequency of storms with precipitation
More plastic
It does not affect floods
Larger lakes
11
Which are commonly formed at subduction zones?
Mountains
Droughts
Typhoons
Volcanoes
12
Which is not a geological hazard?
Drought
Earthquake
Tsunami
Volcanic activity
13
What is spatial dispersion?
Size of area or region affected
Area likely to be affected by a particular event
How hazards and disasters occur in time
How often is the event likely to happen
14
Which type of plate boundary is this?
Divergent
Intelligent
Convergent
Transform
15
In which region do monsoons occur?
Asia,Africa
Pacific rim
North America, Europe
Atlantic
16
What are the three categories of hazards?
Earthquake, tsunami, volcano
Large, small, medium
Disease, storm, geological
Atmospheric, biological, geological
17
What is a natural hazard?
Aspects of the physical world with potential to cause harm
Naturally occurring event that does not cause death
vent that causes mass loss of life
Weather event that affects millions of people
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Which is the cause of droughts
Lack of rain
Wildfire
Low quality soil
The sun is too bright
