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Natural Hazards
5th Edition by Edward A. Keller
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,Ch 01 5e
Exam
Name___________________________________
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) Where do the forces for most external processes on the Earth come from? 1) _____
A) The sun
B) The magnetic field of the Earth
C) The ocean
D) The internal heat of the Earth
E) The atmosphere
2) The 2010 earthquake in Haiti caused an extraordinarily high number of deaths, perhaps over 2) _____
250,000, for a magnitude 7 earthquake. Which factor did NOT play a role as to why there so
many deaths?
A) Large young population were in schools that collapsed.
B) Weak building construction
C) Shallow sloping coastline allowed tsunami to surge far inland.
D) Poverty
E) High population density
3) Which statement best compares natural hazards with natural disasters? 3) _____
A) A Natural disaster has caused a significant amount of death and destruction to an area
whereas a natural hazard has the potential to cause death and destruction.
B) Natural disasters are caused entirely by people whereas Earth's natural processes cause
natural hazards.
C) Natural hazards refer only to earthquakes and volcanoes whereas natural disasters refer
to all natural processes that can cause death and destruction.
D) Natural hazards have affected humans over the past couple million years or so whereas
natural disasters have affected planet Earth over billions of years.
4) Which of the following locations is NOT at risk for hurricanes? 4) _____
A) Louisiana B) California C) Florida D) Texas
5) Which of the following areas of the United States is NOT at risk for any natural disaster? 5) _____
A) San Francisco, CA
B) New York, NY
C) Miami, FL
D) Detroit, MI
E) All areas of the United States are at risk for some kind of natural disaster.
6) Which of the following describes the trend in the worldwide number of natural disasters over 6) _____
the past 50 years or so?
A) It has been increasing steadily.
B) It has been increasing at a rate of doubling every few years.
C) It has been decreasing steadily.
D) It has remained constant.
E) It has been decreasing exponentially.
7) Which of the following hazards has the greatest potential for catastrophe? 7) _____
A) Lightning
B) Coastal erosion
C) Flood
D) Landslide
E) Drought
8) Which of the following hazards causes the greatest number of deaths per year in the United Sta tes?
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8) _____
A) Volcanoes
B) Landslides
C) Drought
D) Tornadoes and other windstorms
E) Hurricanes
9) Why do lightning strikes have a low potential for catastrophe? 9) _____
A) Lightning doesn't normally hurt people.
B) Lightning is very rare in general.
C) Lightning only occurs in the summer.
D) It is too easy to protect people and property from lightning strikes.
E) Lightning doesn't usually affect people and property on a large scale.
10) Why would urbanizing a location increase that location's potential for catastrophe? 10) _____
A) Native plants can be removed, increasing erosion of land.
B) People might be forced to live in low lying or unstable lands susceptible to landslides or
floods.
C) Urbanization can interfere with the drainage of the land making it more likely to flood,
landslide, or subside.
D) Higher population density would cause damage to increase.
E) All of the above are reasons why urbanization might increase catastrophes.
11) Which of the following is something geologists look for in understanding the history of natural 11) _____
disasters in an area?
A) Lava flows
B) Landforms
C) Organic material in flood deposits
D) Faults in rock
E) All of the above
12) What is the importance of the idea that "hazards are repetitive"? 12) _____
A) If something has already happened, like a volcanic eruption, then we won't need to worry
about it.
B) We need to look to past events to understand what is probable for the future.
C) Hazards keep happening constantly in an area, so people already know how to react to
them.
D) New events will probably happen exactly like old ones, so we need to be prepared.
E) All of the above statements support the idea that "hazards are repetitive."
13) Which of the following is NOT one of the geologic cycles? 13) _____
A) Rock cycle
B) Hydrologic cycle
C) Biogeochemical cycle
D) Tectonic cycle
E) Krebs cycle
14) Which of the following is NOT part of the tectonic cycle? 14) _____
A) Mountain building
B) Continental formation
C) Earthquakes
D) Hurricanes
E) Volcanoes
15) How do igneous rocks form? 15) _____
A) Deposition of sediment
Natural Hazards
5th Edition by Edward A. Keller
Complete Chapter Test Bank are
included (Ch 1 to 14)
** Immediate Download
** Swift Response
** All Chapters included
,Ch 01 5e
Exam
Name___________________________________
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) Where do the forces for most external processes on the Earth come from? 1) _____
A) The sun
B) The magnetic field of the Earth
C) The ocean
D) The internal heat of the Earth
E) The atmosphere
2) The 2010 earthquake in Haiti caused an extraordinarily high number of deaths, perhaps over 2) _____
250,000, for a magnitude 7 earthquake. Which factor did NOT play a role as to why there so
many deaths?
A) Large young population were in schools that collapsed.
B) Weak building construction
C) Shallow sloping coastline allowed tsunami to surge far inland.
D) Poverty
E) High population density
3) Which statement best compares natural hazards with natural disasters? 3) _____
A) A Natural disaster has caused a significant amount of death and destruction to an area
whereas a natural hazard has the potential to cause death and destruction.
B) Natural disasters are caused entirely by people whereas Earth's natural processes cause
natural hazards.
C) Natural hazards refer only to earthquakes and volcanoes whereas natural disasters refer
to all natural processes that can cause death and destruction.
D) Natural hazards have affected humans over the past couple million years or so whereas
natural disasters have affected planet Earth over billions of years.
4) Which of the following locations is NOT at risk for hurricanes? 4) _____
A) Louisiana B) California C) Florida D) Texas
5) Which of the following areas of the United States is NOT at risk for any natural disaster? 5) _____
A) San Francisco, CA
B) New York, NY
C) Miami, FL
D) Detroit, MI
E) All areas of the United States are at risk for some kind of natural disaster.
6) Which of the following describes the trend in the worldwide number of natural disasters over 6) _____
the past 50 years or so?
A) It has been increasing steadily.
B) It has been increasing at a rate of doubling every few years.
C) It has been decreasing steadily.
D) It has remained constant.
E) It has been decreasing exponentially.
7) Which of the following hazards has the greatest potential for catastrophe? 7) _____
A) Lightning
B) Coastal erosion
C) Flood
D) Landslide
E) Drought
8) Which of the following hazards causes the greatest number of deaths per year in the United Sta tes?
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8) _____
A) Volcanoes
B) Landslides
C) Drought
D) Tornadoes and other windstorms
E) Hurricanes
9) Why do lightning strikes have a low potential for catastrophe? 9) _____
A) Lightning doesn't normally hurt people.
B) Lightning is very rare in general.
C) Lightning only occurs in the summer.
D) It is too easy to protect people and property from lightning strikes.
E) Lightning doesn't usually affect people and property on a large scale.
10) Why would urbanizing a location increase that location's potential for catastrophe? 10) _____
A) Native plants can be removed, increasing erosion of land.
B) People might be forced to live in low lying or unstable lands susceptible to landslides or
floods.
C) Urbanization can interfere with the drainage of the land making it more likely to flood,
landslide, or subside.
D) Higher population density would cause damage to increase.
E) All of the above are reasons why urbanization might increase catastrophes.
11) Which of the following is something geologists look for in understanding the history of natural 11) _____
disasters in an area?
A) Lava flows
B) Landforms
C) Organic material in flood deposits
D) Faults in rock
E) All of the above
12) What is the importance of the idea that "hazards are repetitive"? 12) _____
A) If something has already happened, like a volcanic eruption, then we won't need to worry
about it.
B) We need to look to past events to understand what is probable for the future.
C) Hazards keep happening constantly in an area, so people already know how to react to
them.
D) New events will probably happen exactly like old ones, so we need to be prepared.
E) All of the above statements support the idea that "hazards are repetitive."
13) Which of the following is NOT one of the geologic cycles? 13) _____
A) Rock cycle
B) Hydrologic cycle
C) Biogeochemical cycle
D) Tectonic cycle
E) Krebs cycle
14) Which of the following is NOT part of the tectonic cycle? 14) _____
A) Mountain building
B) Continental formation
C) Earthquakes
D) Hurricanes
E) Volcanoes
15) How do igneous rocks form? 15) _____
A) Deposition of sediment
