We cannot prevent earthquakes, how can people stay safe when they occur?

Building specially built buildings that stay standing during an earthquake

Teaching people what to do during an earthquake

Staying inside bracing a door frame or getting under a sturdy table

Select all of the following that make a tsunami so dangerous?

They rise to a terrifying size of 200 ft

The sudden movement of the ocean floor can cause the water to surge upward

They are not dangerous because they occur way out in the ocean

They only cause damage to sea life

What causes an earthquake?

The movement of tectonic plates

Too much movement on Earth's surface

The effects of an earthquake can?

Cause the Earth to change shape

Cause the Earth to shake for several weeks at a time

For any natural hazard, communities must do these things to prepare?

have food, water, and first aid supplies readily available

make sure there is a way to get to people who need help

have temporary shelter where people can live

All of the following are solutions to reduce the impacts of floods EXCEPT?

make sure people have a hiding place

create overflow areas for rivers

create a flood warning system for communities

construct buildings above a floodplain

Choose the two that are solutions that could reduce the impacts of landslides?

Construct buildings away from hills and slopes

Build retaining walls to support soil and runoff

Landslides do not occur frequently, so there is no need to worry

Make sure you have insurance that will cover your home during a landslide

Select all of the following solutions to reduce the impacts of tsunamis.

Build strong structures that can withstand a tsunami

Provide routes for people to evacuate to a safe location

Limit development of homes where tsunamis occur

Choose all of the solutions that reduce the impacts of volcanic eruptions?

Redirect lava flow from communities

Create evacuation plans focusing on volcanoes

Build structures away from the path of volcanoes

Plant trees and other plants to catch the flow of lava

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A sudden and strong shaking of the Earth's surface caused by movement in the Earth's crust?

Tsunami

Volcanic Eruption

Flood

Earthquake

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30 sec • 1 pt

A very destructive wave usually caused by an earthquake on the ocean floor?

Tsunami

Volcanic Eruption

Flood

Earthquake

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Means to have a strong effect on someone or something?

Natural Hazard

Impact

Natural Processes

Disaster

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An extreme event that occurs naturally and causes harm to humans or something?

Natural Hazard

Impact

Natural Processes

Disaster

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A high water event in which water overflows its natural banks onto normally dry land?

Tsunami

Volcanic Eruption

Flood

Earthquake

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A process that happens in nature and/or produced by nature?

Natural Hazard

Impact

Natural Processes

Disaster

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30 sec • 1 pt

When a volcano releases lava due to the build up of pressure underground?

Tsunami

Volcanic Eruption

Flood

Earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Unit 12 (4-ESS3-2)

A sudden and strong shaking of the Earth's surface caused by movement in the Earth's crust?

A very destructive wave usually caused by an earthquake on the ocean floor?

Means to have a strong effect on someone or something?

An extreme event that occurs naturally and causes harm to humans or something?

A high water event in which water overflows its natural banks onto normally dry land?

A process that happens in nature and/or produced by nature?

When a volcano releases lava due to the build up of pressure underground?

Which type of materials could be used to educate the public about natural disasters?

We cannot prevent earthquakes, how can people stay safe when they occur?

An instrument that records and measures the size of earthquakes?

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