Geography Assessment
Geography Hazard and Disaster Quiz
Test your knowledge on geography hazards, plate tectonics, and volcanic activity with this comprehensive quiz. Gain insights into the Earth's structure and learn about the various types of volcanic activity and tectonic plate movements.
- 36 questions to challenge your understanding
- Multiple choice format for easy answering
- Enhance your geographical knowledge!
What is a hazard?
When there is a high probability of harm
Something which can damage people, property and environment
When there is death
What is a risk
When there is a high probability of ha
Something which can damage people, property and environment
When there is death and destruction of property
Is a hurricane:
National and physical
Human and national
What is a disaster
When there is a high probability of harm
Something which can damage people, property and environment
When there is death and destruction of property. This causes more havoc than a hazard
What is the Ring of Fire
The circle in which a volcano erupts
The vent from which the volcano erupts
The pattern which volcanoes in the pacific plate are located
The exterior of a volcano that is about to erupt
Which rock do oceanic plates have
Basaltic
Granite
Aluminium
Semi-molten rock
Which rock do continental plates have
Basaltic
Granite
Aluminium
Semi-molten rock
What is the thickness of the crust
10km to 60km
40km to 1000km
5km to 60km
50km to 1000km
What is the temp of the crust
40 degrees
20 degrees
30 degrees
50 degrees
What is the thickness and temp of the mantle
2,900km thick and 3000 degrees
2,900km thick and 2000 degrees
2,900km thick and 4000 degrees
2,900km thick and 2500 degrees
What is the thickness and temp of the outer core
2300km thick and 4,000 degrees to 5500 degrees
2300km thick and 400 to 550 degrees
2300km thick and 3000 degrees to 4400 degrees
What is the thickness and temp of the inner core
1220km thick and 4500 degrees
4500km thick and 4503 degrees
1220km thick and 5500 degrees
Which plate is Brazil in
South American plate
Juan de Fuca plate
What causes tectonic plates to move
The convection current
The frictional force acting on the surface of the plate
What is an active volcano
It erupts frequently
It erupts rarely
It doesnt erupt
What is a dormant volcano
It erupts frequently
It erupts rarely
It doesnt erupt
What is an extinct volcano
It erupts frequently
It erupts rarely
It doesnt erupt
None of the above
What is the difference between a continental and oceanic crust
The brittleness
The density
Which lava comes out of which volcano
Shield=mafic, composite= felsic
Shield=felsic, composite=mafic
Which type of volcano erupts rarely but when it does it erupts with great violence
Composite
Shield
What is viscosity
How strong the lava is
How heavy the lava is
How sticky the lava is
Do shield volcanoes
Have high viscosity
Have low viscosity
Composite volcanoes are found on a destructive plate margin
True
False
Which country did eyjafjallajokul erupt in
Britain
Iceland
We can predict when an earthquake is going to happen
True
False
How do we measure earthquakes
Using a seismometer
Using a voltmeter
How do conservative plate margins move
Slide past each other
Go towards each other
Move away from each other
Subduct
How do constructive plate margins move
Slide past each other
Go towards each other
Move away from each other
Subduct
How do destructive plate margins move
Slide past each other
Go towards each other
Move away from each other
Subduct
How do collision plate margins move
Slide past each other
Go towards each other
Move away from each other
Subduct
Temperature around the volcano rise as it is about to erupt. What machine detects this?
Seismometers
Thermal imaging techniques and satellites
If the levels of sulfur gas increases what does this show?
That an earthquake is going to occur
That a hurricane is going to occur
None of the above
That a volcanic eruption is going to occur
Which is the best shape to prevent a building falling during an earthquake
A square
A rectangle
A pyramid
A triangle
Which is the best book series in the world
Harry Potter
Which is the best sport in the world
Cricket
Who is the best human in this world
Arun
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