How Well You Really Know About Floods? Trivia Quiz
10 Questions
| Total Attempts: 287
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Questions and Answers
- 1.What types of floods usually occur in Australia?
- A.
Flash floods
- B.
Dam failure
- C.
Slow-onset flooding
- D.
Rapid-onset flooding
- E.
Pluvial Floods
- 2.Do tropical cyclones cause flooding?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.How much money does floods cost Australia annually?
- A.
$300 million
- B.
$400 million
- C.
$500 million
- D.
$600 million
- 4.Floods are Australia's most costly natural disaster.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.In the 1852 Gundagai floods, what fraction of the population was killed?
- A.
1/5
- B.
1/4
- C.
1/3
- D.
1/2
- 6.The 2013 Eastern Australia floods was caused because of:
- A.
A cyclone
- B.
An earthquake
- C.
Heavy rainfall
- D.
Dam
- 7.Can ice or snow melt cause floods?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Floods result in loss of nutrients from the soil?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.How long do rapid-onset floods take to develop?
- A.
Six hours
- B.
Twenty-four hours
- C.
A few days
- D.
A week or more
- 10.How high did flood waters peak at Ipswich in the 2010-2011 floods?
- A.
4.46 metres
- B.
11.24 metres
- C.
19.5 metres
- D.
22.96 metres
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 287 | Last updated: Apr 10, 2020
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