Which is the cause of flood ?
Heavy rainfall
Tropical cyclone
Opening, or rapture, in a planet's surface or crust
Drying of land
Why are rainforests important to the environment ?
They recycle water and regulate levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
They help in evaporation of water.
They regulate levels of oxygen in the atmosphere.
They regulate levels of nitrogen in the atmosphere.
What do you mean by risk?
Threat of a naturally occurring event that will have a negative effect on people or the environment
A threat of an artificially created event that will have a negative effect on people or the environment
A threat of an artificially created event that will have a positive effect on people or the environment
Possibility of loss of life or damage
Floods are:
rise of water
tropical cyclone
opening, or rapture, in a planet's surface or crust
drying of land
Which effect is NOT associated with volcanoes?
Ash fall
Mud slides
Towns are destroyed
Low temperatures
What atmospheric conditions produce severe storms?
Warm air being pushed upwards
Low humidity
High pressure conditions
Cool air sinking
Hurricane Katrina along the U.S. Gulf Coast was a:
extreme event
hazard
disaster
risk
Which hurricane affected the Caribbean ?
Hurricane sandy
Hurricane Jeanne
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Tsunami
The strongest storms to impact the coast of the United States was:
Volcanoes are classified into:
1
2
3
4