Nat-Dis-Practice-Test-April22

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Practice the questions on Natural disasters as preparation for your Thursday April 23 Test

1. A storm to be classified as a hurricane, wind speeds within the storm have to reach at least 74 miles per hour

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True

False

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2. What can cause a tsunami? *

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Landslide

Underwater earthquake

Volcanic eruption

All of the above

3. What is the 'magnitude' of an earthquake? *

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The amount of energy that is released by a quake

The duration of a quake

The destruction caused by a quake

All of the above

4. How do Scientists report and measure Earthquakes? *

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Using a Thermometer

Using a Ruler

Using a Balance

Using a Seismograph

5. How do engineers design bridges and buildings that can resist earthquakes? *

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6. What should people and government do to protect lives against an Earthquake? *

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7. Earthquakes may be caused by *

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movement of the plates

Volcanoes and Landslide

human activity such as nuclear testing and mining explosions

All of these

8. What can major earthquakes cause? *

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Buildings collapse

roads and bridges buckle and crack

electrical and gas lines break and cause ﬁres

All of the above

9. What is a natural disaster? *

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An increase in temperature

A gentle change in weather

A strong change in weather conditions

A condition of climate

10. Where do hurricanes form? *

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Over warm waters in the ocean

Over flat areas of land

Inside large thunderstorms

At the north and south poles

11. Which sentence states an opinion? *

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A hurricane is a huge storm that forms over warm ocean water.

In order to be classified as a blizzard, a storm must have winds greater than 35 miles per hour

Radar images give people time to prepare for a coming storm.

Nothing is more frightening than a tornado

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