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Question-1
A natural hazard is a:
(A)
Threat of a naturally occurring event that will have a negative effect on people or the environment
(B)
A threat of an artificially created event that will have a negative effect on people or the environment
(C)
A threat of a artificially created event that will have a positive effect on people or the environment
(D)
A threat of a naturally occurring event that will have a positive effect on people or the environment.
Question-2
What do you mean by risk?
(A)
Threat of a naturally occurring event that will have a negative effect on people or the environment
(B)
A threat of an artificially created event that will have a negative effect on people or the environment
(C)
A threat of an artificially created event that will have a positive effect on people or the environment
(D)
Possibility of loss of life or damage
Question-3
Floods are:
(A)
Rise of water
(B)
Tropical cyclone
(C)
Opening, or rupture, in a planet's surface or crust
(D)
Drying of land
Question-4
Which is the cause of flood ?
(A)
Heavy rainfall
(B)
Tropical cyclone
(C)
Opening, or rupture, in a planet's surface or crust
(D)
Drying of land
Question-5
Why are some people more vulnerable to natural hazards?
(A)
Because they have very little choice over where they live, as they are too poor to move
(B)
Because they like to live in hazardous environments
(C)
Because they don’t know the environment
(D)
Because they can survive only in hazardous environments
Question-6
Which of these is NOT a common gas in magma?
(A)
Water vapor
(B)
Carbon dioxide
(C)
Sulfur dioxide
(D)
Methane
Question-7
Name the hurricane that came ashore just north of Palm Beach Country.
(A)
Hurricane Sandy
(B)
Hurricane Jeanne
(C)
Hurricane Katrina
(D)
Hurricane Jean
Question-8
Which effect is NOT associated with volcanoes?
(A)
Ash fall
(B)
Mud slides
(C)
Towns are destroyed
(D)
Low temperatures
Question-9
Define hurricane.
(A)
Rise of water
(B)
Opening, or rupture, in a planet's surface or crust
(C)
Tropical cyclone
(D)
Drying of land
Question-10
Drought is :
(A)
Rise of water
(B)
Tropical cyclone
(C)
Opening, or rupture, in a planet's surface or crust
(D)
Drying of land
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Cambridge Secondary Grade 9
IGCSE
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