Disaster Strikes

by Sam Schultz and Mitchell Nabata



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Quiz

Answer each question, then click finish and an answers window will come up.

1. What is a seiche wave?

a. A type of shockwave that moves through anything!

b. When a tsunami moves back and forth in the water, within a small area.

c. A tsunami that can rise an extra 20 metres.

d. When large objects like ships and huge rocks can be swept onshore by a tsunami.



2. How hot does lightning heat the air?

a. 10°C

b. 1°C

c. 100°C

d. 10 000°C

e. 1000°C



3. What are the 3 main types of shockwaves?

a. Primary waves, secondary waves, main wave.

b. Main shocks, secondary waves, surface shocks.

c. Primary waves, secondary waves, surface wave.

d. Primary waves, second shocks, surface shocks.



4. What is a tropical depression?

a. An organised system of clouds and thunderstorms.

b. A hurricane in a tropical area like Hawaii.

c. An earthquake in the tropics,

d. A tornado that is made up of many clouds.



5. What is the difference between lava and magma?

a. They are exactly the same.

b. Magma is a rock and lava molten magma.

c. Magma is molten rock and iron under earth’s crust while lava is magma that escaped the earth’s crust.

d. Lava is molten rock and iron under earth’s crust while magma is lava that escaped the earth’s crust.



6. A tsunami is simply a…

a. Train of waves.

b. One huge wave.

c. A tidal wave.

d. Type of shock wave.



7. What is a seismograph?

a. A machine that measures earthquakes.

b. A machine that measures hurricanes.

c. A machine that measures volcanoes.

d. A machine that measures tsunamis.

e. A machine that measures tornadoes



8. what is the name of Thor's hammer?

a. Zeus.

b. Mjolnir.

c. Negolce.

d. Thor.

e. Fulgurate.



9. What is the technical name for a hurricane?

a. Tropical tornado.

b. Tropical cyclone.

c. Northern cyclone.

d. Tornado at the equator.

e. A big wind.



10. What is a Fire Triangle?

a. Oxygen, fire and fuel.

b. Hydrogen, heat and fuel.

c. Oxygen, heat and gas.

d. Oxygen, heat and fuel.

e. Hydrogen, fire and gas.

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