Natural disasters quiz 1By Gavin Thomas / November 30, 2023 Welcome to your Natural disasters quiz 1 Your teacher's email Your name Your school 1. Which instrument is used to measure hurricanes? Anemometer Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale Cowell stroke hurricane meter Hydrometer None 2. Hurricane is a ______ word. Arawak Mocusi Wai- Wai Carib None 3. What are strong tropical winds known as in the North Pacific? Hurricane Typhoon Cyclone Tornado None 4. Which natural disaster with strong tropical winds affect some Caribbean Countries? Hurricane Typhoon Cyclone Tornado None 5. What are strong tropical winds known as in the the South Pacific and Indian Ocean,? Hurricane Typhoon Cyclone Tornado None 6. Which natural disaster is a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction as a result of movement within the earth’s crust or volcanic action? Hurricane Flooding Earthquakes Tsunami None 7. Hurricanes include all of the following EXCEPT Heavy rains High waves high tides Fire None 8. Hurricanes form over tropical ocean _________ close to the north pole far from the equator close to the equator close to the south pole None 9. All of the following are efforts used to contain forest fires EXCEPT forest warden or ranger keep watch for fires through high look out towers forest warden patrol on horsebacks while others patrol in jeeps or aircraft Fire fighter creates a fire line trees are replanted during the forest fire None 10. Hurricanes in the West Indies start in the _________ Atlantic to the west of the lesser Antilles In the Caribbean Atlantic to the east of the lesser Antilles Atlantic to the east of the Greater Antilles None 11. The main track of hurricane passes over which of the two countries? Haiti and Jamaica Cuba and Trinidad Jamaica and Bahamas Haiti and Cuba None 12. Which month of the year can be considered as one of the hurricane months? January March August April None 13. When large amounts of water overflow land a _______ has occurred. Flood Hurricane Volcano Landslide None 14. Which natural disaster is said to be nature’s most destructive force? Hurricane Cyclone Earthquake Flood None 15. What name is given to the center of the hurricane? Nose Heart Eye wall None 16. Which natural disaster mainly causes erosion of land? Hurricane Earthquakes Flood Storm None 17. What is the most common cause of flood? Broken seawall Low tide High tide Heavy rainfall None 18. Volcanoes are located mainly _______ Near hills In Seas Near valley In forest None 19. All of the following are true about disasters EXCEPT a disaster may be caused by nature or mankind a disaster may be domestic or international a disaster may have a known and gradual onset a disaster always receive windspeed media coverage None 20. Natural disasters frequently result in all of the following EXCEPT destruction of property Death destroy livestock and crops result in the formation of delta None 21. Which associate institution of CARICOM is responsible for managing disaster within the region? Caribbean Broadcating Union CARIFTA The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency CSME None 22. If you are inside a classroom when the shaking from an Earthquake begins, you should do all of the following EXCEPT hide under the desk call your parents call your friends run outside immediately None 23. All of the following are devastating effect of volcano eruption EXCEPT loss of life loss of livestock loss of property the crust open and building fall through the cracks None 24. Identify the two countries which experience hurricane Guyana and Surinam Bahamas and Barbados Guyana and Uruguay Suriname and Zimbabwe None 25. Lava is associated with which natural disaster? Hurricane Earthquakes Flood Volcano None 26. Which of the following is an example of man-made disasters? Hurricane Earthquakes Genocide Volcano None 27. The Soufriere Hills volcano erupted in which of the following CARICOM country? St Lucia Montserrat Bahamas St Vincent None 28. Which Caribbean Island has an active volcano? St Lucia Montserrat Bahamas St Vincent None 29. Which natural disaster strikes the Caribbean most frequently? Hurricane Earthquakes Flood Volcano None 30. Which natural disasters involves weather condition with strong winds, rains and lightning? Hurricane Earthquakes Flood Volcano None 31. Which natural disaster is a large destructive fire that spreads quickly over dry lands? Hurricane Earthquakes Forest fire Volcano None Time's up
