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Types of Natural Disasters - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 347 times
- The average score is 8 of 12
Answer Stats
| Starting Letter | Description | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | A severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility. | Blizzard | 91%
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| A | A mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside. | Avalanche | 90%
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| E | A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction. | Earthquake | 88%
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| F | An overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is normally dry land. | Flood | 88%
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| L | The sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff. | Landslide | 88%
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| V E | A mountain or hill having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being erupted from the Earth's crust. | Volcanic Eruption | 88%
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| T | A mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud. | Tornado | 85%
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| T | A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance. | Tsunami | 85%
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| H | Large and swirling storms that form over warm ocean waters. | Hurricane | 83%
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| W | A large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush. | Wildfire | 83%
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| H | A storm of heavy hail. | Hailstorm | 81%
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| L | The occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud, accompanied by a bright flash. | Lightning | 81%
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| T S | A storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail. | Thunder Storm | 81%
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| D | A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water. | Drought | 79%
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| H W | A prolonged period of abnormally hot weather. | Heat Wave | 79%
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| F F | A sudden local flood, typically due to heavy rain. | Flash Flood | 78%
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| D S | A strong, turbulent wind which carries clouds of fine dust, soil, and sand over a large area. | Dust Storm | 76%
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| S S | A heavy fall of snow, especially with a high wind. | Snow Storm | 74%
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| F | Extreme scarcity of food. | Famine | 72%
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| I S | A storm of freezing rain that leaves a coating of ice. | Ice Storm | 70%
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| M I | A small body of matter from outer space that enters the Earth's atmosphere. | Meteor Impact | 68%
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| S | A cavity in the ground, caused by water erosion and providing a route for surface water to disappear underground. | Sinkhole | 63%
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| S F | A brief eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the Sun's surface. | Solar Flare | 49%
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| L | A destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano. | Lahar | 25%
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| H | A hypothetical class of extreme tropical cyclone that could form if sea surface temperatures reached approximately 50 °C. | Hypercane | 13%
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| C B | A sudden violent rainstorm. | Cloud Burst | 7%
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