Natural Disaster Final Exam Questions With Complete
Solutions
. Hurricanes are classified into how many categories?
a) 3
b) 2
c) 5
d) 10 Correct Answers c. 5
. Levees are artificial, not natural formations.
a) True
b) False Correct Answers b. False
. Obvious curving or moving of objects due to rotation of earth
is called
a) rotation effect
b) global wind
c) deep effect
d) Coriolis effect Correct Answers d. Coriolis effect
. Specific conditions for formation of tornadoes include:
a) Increase in wind speed
b) Rising air within a thunderstorm
c) warm, moist air mixed with cool, dry air
d) all of the choices Correct Answers d. all of the choices
. Under which condition is coastal erosion more likely to occur?
a) Storms
b) Snow
c) Heat wave Correct Answers a. Storms
,A levee is:
a) A type of flood
b) A bank of earth that stops/slows flooding
c) A town in Louisiana Correct Answers b. A bank of earth that
stops/slows flooding
A tornado can measure miles across the funnel.
a) True
b) False Correct Answers a. a. true
A tornado occurs when cold dry air meets warm wet air.
a) True
b) False Correct Answers a. true
A tornado warning means that...?
a) Thunderstorms producing tornados are likely, but not certain.
b) A tornado has been spotted in your county.
c) Tornados are not expected in the next several hours. Correct
Answers b. A tornado has been spotted in your county
A tornado watch means that...?
a) Thunderstorms producing tornados are likely, but not certain.
b) A tornado has been spotted in your county.
c) Tornados are not expected in the next several hours. Correct
Answers a. Thunderstorms producing tornados are likely, but
not certain
A(n) ________ flood will occur when an engineered structure
fails and releases large
quantities of stored water.
a) ice-jam
, b) regional
c) flash flood
d) dam-failure Correct Answers d. dam-failure
All hurricanes are given _________ to help identify storms and
track them as they move
across the ocean.
a) names
b) maps
c) water
d) radar Correct Answers a. names
Based on the chaos theory, no matter how advanced computer
models get, we can never
accurately predict weather more than a few days in.
a) True
b) False Correct Answers a. True
Deposition (accretion) is completely independent of erosion.
a) True
b) False Correct Answers b. false
During El Nino, water temperatures near the coast of South
America is...
a. cold
b. warm Correct Answers b. warm
Earth spins on it's axis:
a) counterclockwise, from east to west
b) clockwise, from east to west
c) counterclockwise, from west to east
Solutions
. Hurricanes are classified into how many categories?
a) 3
b) 2
c) 5
d) 10 Correct Answers c. 5
. Levees are artificial, not natural formations.
a) True
b) False Correct Answers b. False
. Obvious curving or moving of objects due to rotation of earth
is called
a) rotation effect
b) global wind
c) deep effect
d) Coriolis effect Correct Answers d. Coriolis effect
. Specific conditions for formation of tornadoes include:
a) Increase in wind speed
b) Rising air within a thunderstorm
c) warm, moist air mixed with cool, dry air
d) all of the choices Correct Answers d. all of the choices
. Under which condition is coastal erosion more likely to occur?
a) Storms
b) Snow
c) Heat wave Correct Answers a. Storms
,A levee is:
a) A type of flood
b) A bank of earth that stops/slows flooding
c) A town in Louisiana Correct Answers b. A bank of earth that
stops/slows flooding
A tornado can measure miles across the funnel.
a) True
b) False Correct Answers a. a. true
A tornado occurs when cold dry air meets warm wet air.
a) True
b) False Correct Answers a. true
A tornado warning means that...?
a) Thunderstorms producing tornados are likely, but not certain.
b) A tornado has been spotted in your county.
c) Tornados are not expected in the next several hours. Correct
Answers b. A tornado has been spotted in your county
A tornado watch means that...?
a) Thunderstorms producing tornados are likely, but not certain.
b) A tornado has been spotted in your county.
c) Tornados are not expected in the next several hours. Correct
Answers a. Thunderstorms producing tornados are likely, but
not certain
A(n) ________ flood will occur when an engineered structure
fails and releases large
quantities of stored water.
a) ice-jam
, b) regional
c) flash flood
d) dam-failure Correct Answers d. dam-failure
All hurricanes are given _________ to help identify storms and
track them as they move
across the ocean.
a) names
b) maps
c) water
d) radar Correct Answers a. names
Based on the chaos theory, no matter how advanced computer
models get, we can never
accurately predict weather more than a few days in.
a) True
b) False Correct Answers a. True
Deposition (accretion) is completely independent of erosion.
a) True
b) False Correct Answers b. false
During El Nino, water temperatures near the coast of South
America is...
a. cold
b. warm Correct Answers b. warm
Earth spins on it's axis:
a) counterclockwise, from east to west
b) clockwise, from east to west
c) counterclockwise, from west to east
