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6. What happens at a Constructive plate boundary?

  • 2 plates pushing against each other
  • 2 plates move apart from each other
  • 2 plates moving past each other

7. In what year did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the Philippenes?

  • 2000
  • 1991
  • 1994
  • 1912

8. Which areas of the Philipppenes are more at risk of flooding?

  • Coastal areas
  • Lowland areas
  • Highland areas

9. Why does California suffer from droughts?

  • High air pressure
  • All listed
  • Dry, sinking air causes no rain
  • La Nina causes cooler surface water so less evaporation can take place

10. How does a Tropical Cyclone form?

  • Rain from the tropics condenses and collects over land, moving to the sea
  • Warm, moist air rises and condenses when the sea temperature is 26 degrees C or higher
  • Cool, dry air collides with warm moist air in the atmosphere

11. When was California's last volcanic eruption?

  • Mount Shasta 1962
  • Lassen Peak 1915
  • Lassen Peak 1905
  • Mount Etna 2015

12. What happpens at a Conservative plate boundary?

  • 2 plates move apart
  • 2 plates move past each other
  • 2 plates move together

13. What are Hydrometeorological Hazards?

  • Human enduced hazards
  • Atmospheric hazards
  • Atmospheric or Oceanic hazards
  • Oceanic hazards

14. What are the types of risk management strategies?

  • All listed
  • Preparedness
  • Prediction
  • Prevention

15. What are Geophysical Hazards?

  • Hazards occuring at plate boundaries
  • The Continental and the Oceanic plates
  • All listed
  • Earthquakes and Volcanoes