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A review of natural disaster facts and vocabulary
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1
In 2004, the deadliest tsunami killed
53,000 people
1 million people
1,000 people
280,000 people
2
Hurricanes turn this way
Clockwise
Counterclockwise
3
A tsunami is 1 big wave
False
True
4
An earthquake will be measured this way
Fulcrum Scale
Fujita Scale
Celsius Scale
Richter Scale
5
A typhoon is the same thing as a hurricane
False
True
6
What is the Ring of Fire?
A volcano in Hawaii
A circle of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean
A ring of volcanoes around Africa
A ring of volcanoes around Europe
7
A tsunami is the same size in the deep part of the ocean as it is on the coast
False
True
8
The bottom of the wave is called the
crest
bottom
trough
end
9
The pieces of the Earth's crust that fit together are
continental plates
tectonic plates
earth plates
crust plates
10
Tsunami means >>>> in Japanese
Angry Wave
Destroyer Wave
Harbor Wave
Killer Wave
11
The maximum speed of a hurricane is usually
150 mph
1000 mph
200 mph
500 mph
12
A volcano can only erupt once
False
True
13
Volcanoes form
where two countries touch
where two tectonic plates touch
where two oceans touch
where two continents touch
14
Magma outside a volcano is called
lava
hot rocks
magma
lead
15
A long time without water is a
sandstorm
drought
desert
hurricane
16
Where does Avalanches happen?
on a fault line
on the side of a volcano
near the ocean
in snowy mountains
17
A tsunami's top speed is
100 miles per hour
50 miles per hour
500 miles her hour
750 miles per hour
18
A seismologist studies
tornadoes
volcanoes
earthquakes
hurricanes
19
This state has volcanoes
Hawaii
All of the above
Washington
Alaska
20
A tsunami is USUALLY caused by
a hurricane
an earthquake
an asteroid
a volcano eruption
21
The molten rock inside a volcano is
lava
magma
hot rocks
crackles
22
Which is a stronger hurricane?
A scale of 5
A scale of 1
A scale of 3
A scale of 10
23
The city buried by a volcano was
Pompeii
St. Helens
Marseille
Rome
24
The top of a tsunami is called
the current
the tide
the crest
the trough
25
Hurricanes occur in this ocean
Atlantic
Indian
Pacific
Arctic
26
The city buried by a volcano was
St. Helens
Marseille
Pompeii
Rome
