Understanding Natural Events

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What is a primary danger associated with landslides?

  • Contaminating water with ash
  • Burying plants and animals (correct)
  • Causing floods and power outages
  • Flattening trees with lava

What is the immediate result of volcanic eruptions reaching the earth's surface?

  • Development of fertile soil
  • Prediction of the eruption
  • Creation of lava flows (correct)
  • Formation of toxic ash in the air

How do floods predominantly affect habitats in a positive way?

  • Bringing fertile soil onto land (correct)
  • Spreading ash onto roofs
  • Causing mudslides down slopes
  • Flattening trees and land

Which natural event can trigger landslides according to the text?

<p>Earthquakes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a common secondary hazard mentioned in the text that can result from volcanic eruptions?

<p>Power outages (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a natural event?

<p>An event caused by the energy of the sun or inside the earth (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why can natural events be very dangerous?

<p>Because they trigger secondary events like fires and power outages (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are tectonic plates?

<p>Plates that fit together like puzzle pieces on the earth's crust (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What causes earthquakes?

<p>Movement of tectonic plates at fault lines (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which statement is true about natural events?

<p>They can drastically change human and wildlife habitats (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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