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Earthquakes

1. Earthquakes are found at which three types of fault lines?

Oscillating, Divergent, Convergent
Convergent, Divergent, Transform
Transform, Vacillating, Oscillating
There is only one type - Convergent

2. What is the San Andreas Fault?

Coral reefs in the Atlantic Ocean
Right-lateral transform fault
Mountains in the Mid-Atlantic
Divergent plate boundary

3. The Richter scale measures:

Number of deaths
Length of a fault
Energy released by an earthquake
Size of its epicenter

4. What should you NOT do during an earthquake:

Run outside to see if it's over
Take shelter
Stay away from windows
Secure all shelves and heavy objects

Electrical Storms

5. What are the three main components of the water cycle?

Evaporation, sublimation, solidification
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation
Rain, snow, sleet
Liquid, solid, gas

6. When will two regions attract and exchange electrons?

When two strong opposite charges are present
When two same charges are present
When there is an absence of charge
When there is lightning

7. What have you learned about lightning?

It can split trees
It has a hot temperature, but not as hot as the sun
Its temperature is hotter than the sun's
Both a and c

8. To prepare for an electrical storm, you must:

Have on hand an emergency kit
Check for hazardous things
Create an emergency communications plan
All of the above

Floods

9. How does a flash flood differ from a normal flood?

Its cause is much less complex
It is more controlled
It is much more sudden
Both a and b

10. What is one positive outcome of floods?

It spreads much needed sediment
It forces wildlife to rebuild stronger
Pictures look really cool
People become closer in a crisis situation

11. Which is NOT one of the best ways to prevent floods?

Levees
Winding streams
Flood plains
Efficient sewage systems

Hurricanes

12. What should you do to prepare for a hurricane?

Prepare a safety route
Have emergency food and bottled water
All of the above
None of the above

13. How are tornadoes formed?

From thunderheads or anvil heads
From supercells
Downward current of cool air
All of the above

14. What is one effect of tornadoes?

Hundreds to thousands of deaths
Helps the economy
No damages on property
No damages at all

15. What is one correct warning sign of a tornado?

Extreme shifts in wind and hail or heavy rain
Rumbles that quickly fade
Gray clouds gathering together
Stagnant clouds in the sky

Tsunamis

16. Tsunamis are caused by:

Seismic activity, submarine landslides, cosmic impacts
Alien interference
The butterfly effect
Hurricanes and monsoons

17. What causes the tsunami to lose some of its energy as it gets closer to the shore?

There is less room for the tsunami
The water evaporates because the beach is very hot
Friction and turbulence from the beach
The waves hop up and down and try to burn calories

18. How can tsunamis cause damage?

They can destroy beaches
They can destroy houses
They can kill people
All of the above

19. What should you NOT do during a tsunami?

Run to the beach after the initial wave
Follow the authorities. instructions
Stay on high ground
Sit doing nothing while hoping that your things stay safe

Volcanoes

20. How many different types of volcanoes are there?

2
4
6
8

21. Which effect is NOT associated with volcanoes?

Ash fall
Mud slides
Towns are destroyed
Low temperatures

22. Which city did Vesuvius destroy?

Poppy
Pompeii
Pompom
Pliny

Monsoons

23. What is the primary cause of a monsoon?

The wind patterns around Asia
The tilt of the earth's axis
Global warming
Earthquakes

24. How have monsoons impacted Asia?

There has been no effect at all
It elongated the Vietnam and Korean War
Changed the agricultural patterns
Cause year long droughts