FDSCI 201 Natural Disasters Final Exam Study Guide
- How high can storm surge get? Correct Answers 40 ft
How can you tell the power capabilities of a river just by
looking at it? Correct Answers Stream flow
In what type of material does liquefaction happen? Correct
Answers Sandy material
The largest earthquakes happen at what type of plate
boundaries? Correct Answers Convergent boundaries
What are some different names for hurricanes around the world?
Correct Answers Typhoons and Cyclones
What are some different types of mass wasting? Correct
Answers 1. Rockfalls
2. Earthflow
3. Debris Flows
4. Creeps
5. Debris Avalanche
What are some other features associated with convergent plate
boundaries? Correct Answers Deep trenches, volcanoes
What are some other features associated with divergent plate
boundaries? Correct Answers New crust is created, form mtn
ranges/volcanoes underwater.
, What are some other features associated with transform plate
boundaries? Correct Answers Faults are created, often cause
earthquakes
What are some signs that a volcanic eruption is about to occur?
Correct Answers Small earthquakes, bulges, emission of gasses.
What are some things that cause mass wasting? Correct Answers
1. Steep slopes
2. Earthquakes
3. Increased water
4. Decrease of vegetation
What are the 3 types of plate boundaries? Correct Answers
Convergent, Divergent, Transform
What are the different types of volcanoes and how are they
identified? Correct Answers 1. Cinder Cone Volcano- Small,
bowl shaped crater
2. Composite or Strato- steep sided cones, largest volcano.
3. Shield or dome- broad, shield shaped, generate a lot of lava.
Ex. Hawaii
4. Lava Domes- form dome-like structures in middle of volcano
What are the two largest earthquakes on record? Correct
Answers Valdivia, Chile 22 May 1960 (9.5)Prince William
Sound, Alaska, 28 March 1964 (9.2)
What caused the eruption of Mt. St. Helens? Correct Answers
Caused by an injection of magma at shallow depth below the
volcano that created a large bulge and a fracture system.
- How high can storm surge get? Correct Answers 40 ft
How can you tell the power capabilities of a river just by
looking at it? Correct Answers Stream flow
In what type of material does liquefaction happen? Correct
Answers Sandy material
The largest earthquakes happen at what type of plate
boundaries? Correct Answers Convergent boundaries
What are some different names for hurricanes around the world?
Correct Answers Typhoons and Cyclones
What are some different types of mass wasting? Correct
Answers 1. Rockfalls
2. Earthflow
3. Debris Flows
4. Creeps
5. Debris Avalanche
What are some other features associated with convergent plate
boundaries? Correct Answers Deep trenches, volcanoes
What are some other features associated with divergent plate
boundaries? Correct Answers New crust is created, form mtn
ranges/volcanoes underwater.
, What are some other features associated with transform plate
boundaries? Correct Answers Faults are created, often cause
earthquakes
What are some signs that a volcanic eruption is about to occur?
Correct Answers Small earthquakes, bulges, emission of gasses.
What are some things that cause mass wasting? Correct Answers
1. Steep slopes
2. Earthquakes
3. Increased water
4. Decrease of vegetation
What are the 3 types of plate boundaries? Correct Answers
Convergent, Divergent, Transform
What are the different types of volcanoes and how are they
identified? Correct Answers 1. Cinder Cone Volcano- Small,
bowl shaped crater
2. Composite or Strato- steep sided cones, largest volcano.
3. Shield or dome- broad, shield shaped, generate a lot of lava.
Ex. Hawaii
4. Lava Domes- form dome-like structures in middle of volcano
What are the two largest earthquakes on record? Correct
Answers Valdivia, Chile 22 May 1960 (9.5)Prince William
Sound, Alaska, 28 March 1964 (9.2)
What caused the eruption of Mt. St. Helens? Correct Answers
Caused by an injection of magma at shallow depth below the
volcano that created a large bulge and a fracture system.
