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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
Hurricane Katrina along the U.S. Gulf Coast was a:
(A)
Extreme event
(B)
Hazard
(C)
Disaster
(D)
Risk
Question-3
Which is the country prone to the natural disaster of flooding?
(A)
Malaysia
(B)
Bangladesh
(C)
USA
(D)
Mali
Question-4
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-5
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-6
Volcanic eruptions can affect climate because:
(A)
They heat the atmosphere
(B)
Volcanic dust and gas in the upper atmosphere reflects and absorbs solar radiation
(C)
Volcanoes have no effect on Earth's climate
(D)
They cool the atmosphere
Question-7
Volcanoes are classified into:
(A)
1
(B)
2
(C)
3
(D)
4
Question-8
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-9
Drought is :
(A)
Rise of water
(B)
Tropical cyclone
(C)
Opening, or rupture, in a planet's surface or crust
(D)
Drying of land
Question-10
Name the hurricane that came ashore just north of Palm Beach Country.
(A)
Hurricane Sandy
(B)
Hurricane Jeanne
(C)
Hurricane Katrina
(D)
Hurricane Jean
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Cambridge Secondary Grade 9
IGCSE
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