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Most people are killed in earthquakes because in less economically developed countries:   Select an answer building standards are low towns and cities are well prepared for earthquakes earthquakes happen more frequently than in more economically developed countries high technology is used to try to modify the cause and effects of earthquakes people practise emergency procedures  


"Powerful aftershocks rocked the city last night and many fires burned out of control. Streets were full of rubble from ruined buildings, and at least 24 people died." Which natural disaster is described in the newspaper report?   Select an answer a tidal wave an earthquake a landslide an avalanche a volcanic eruption  


Which two statements are true?   Select an answer Japan is on a constructive margin California is on a destructive margin Japan is on a conservative margin California is on a destructive margin Japan is on a destructive margin California is on a constructive margin Japan is on a destructive margin California is on a conservative margin Japan is on a constructive margin California is on a conservative margin  


What name is given to the area of calm at the centre of a tropical storm?   Select an answer the vortex the eye the cumulus the willy-willy each one has a different name, all in alphabetical order  


What is lava?   Select an answer molten rock below the surface of the earth molten rock above the surface of the earth volcanic debris mixed with water causing a mud slide foam created by polluted rivers ash from a volcano  


What is magma?   Select an answer molten rock below the surface of the earth molten rock above the surface of the earth volcanic debris mixed with water causing a mud slide foam created by polluted rivers ash from a volcano  


What is a lahar?   Select an answer A plume of hot ash, gas and rock thrown from a volcano A second cone on a volcano A mud flow caused by an erupting volcano Another name for a pyroclastic flow Magma above the earth's surface  


What scale is used to measure the strength of earthquakes?   Select an answer Baufort scale Richter Scale Lime scale Richster scale Earthquake scale  


Volcanoes occur on which of the following plate margins?   Select an answer Conservative and constructive Destructive and conservative Constructive and conservative Collision and destructive Destructive and constructive margins  


What happens at a destructive plate margin?   Select an answer As the plates move apart they leave a gap The denser oceanic plate is forced under the continental plate Two plate slide past each other Two continental plates meet and create fold mountains Magma rises at a hot spot.  

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