The Natural Hazards Quiz: Trivia Facts!
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Natural hazards occur naturally and affect the environment they exist. There are four categories of these hazards: drought, earthquakes, floods, or even volcanic eruptions. In some of these hazards, humans have a role to play in causing them. In this quiz, you will see just how much you know about some of these occurrences and their effect on the environment.
- 1.A natural event is
- A.
Anything that shapes or reshapes the earth's surface
- B.
Something that occurs because of changes in the atmosphere
- C.
When there is an unexpected change in the natural landscape
- D.
An event which occurs as a result of physical processes acting within and between the earth's spheres
- 2.The difference between a natural hazard and a natural disaster is
- A.
The strength and size of the physcal event
- B.
The degree of impact it as on the natural environment
- C.
The severity of damage to property and resulting loss of life
- D.
Based on the number of people hurt or killed
- 3.The 4 main categories of natural hazards are
- A.
Biologic, man-made, geologic and atmospheric
- B.
Ecological, geomorphlogical, atmospheric and biological
- C.
Geological, atmospheric, geomorphological and ecological
- D.
Environmental, cultural, natural and geologic
- 4.Into which category of natural hazards would you place a major storm event in a large city?
- A.
Geologic
- B.
Ecological
- C.
Atmospheric
- D.
Geomorphologic
- 5.Which natural hazards are most likely to be present in Northern Australia?
- A.
Cyclones, tornadoes, bushfires
- B.
Storm surge, floods, hurricane,
- C.
Earthquake, locust plague, cyclone
- D.
Tsunami, cyclone, flood,
- 6.
What natural disaster would construct an image like this?- A.
Firestorm
- B.
Earthquake
- C.
Volcanic eruption
- D.
Tornado
- 7.Flash flooding occurs when rivers are swollen by long periods of rainfall and they break their banks.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Australia does not experience earthquakes because it is situated ib the center of a tectonic plate.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Most severe flooding events occur in Australia in summer due to the tropical monsoons and cyclonic events.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.There are no active volcanic areas in Australia.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.The flash flood that occurred in Toowoomba on Jan 10 2011 was the result of poor flood mitigation in East and West Creeks.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.All cyclones that cross the Australian coastline result in a natural disaster.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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