Natural Hazards - 1.1.4 End of topic test

Question 1

What is the term used to describe a situation where a hazard has happened and it affected humans?

Answer 1

Natural Disaster

Question 2

Give two locations that are most at risk of natural hazards?

Answer 2

The Philipines
California

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT classified as a natural disaster?
- A volcano erupting near a large city
- A tsunami that hits mainland Sri Lanka
- A sandstorm in an uninhabited desert
- An earthquake in a remote area containing a few villages

Answer 3

a sandstorm in an uninhabited desert

Question 4

Which of the following are examples of meteorological hazards?
- Earthquake
- Avalanche
- Heatwave
- Tropical Storm
- Landslide

Answer 4

Heatwave
Tropical Storm

Question 5

Which of the following is more predictable?
- Earthquakes
- Tropical Storms

Answer 5

Tropical Storms

Question 6

Which of the following are geological hazards?
- El Nino
- Tropical Storm
- Landslide
- Volcano

Answer 6

Landslide
Volcano