1. THE BIG SUMMER END OF YEAR
GEOGRAPHY QUIZ

2. NATURAL HAZARDS
Round 1

3. Question 1
What type of plate boundary does NOT create volcanoes?

4. Question 2
What is the name of the scale used to measure earthquake magnitude?

5. Question 3
Look at the photograph. What volcanic landform can you see?

6. Question 4
What natural hazard happened in Ridgecrest, California in July 2019?

7. Question 5
Look at the photograph, what volcanic hazard can you identify?

8. Question 6
Name one way we can protect buildings against earthquakes.

9. Question 7
What does ‘mitigation’ mean?

10. Question 8
Name one type of natural hazard that the UK suffers from.

11. Question 9
Why are tropical storms found near the equator?

12. Question 10
Watch the video clip about Hekla volcano in Experience Iceland. Be ready to answer some questions!
Go to: and choose location 20, Hekla
Click to launch Experience Iceland, and choose location 20, Hekla

13. Question 10 When was the last eruption of Hekla?
What type of volcano is Hekla?

14. Answers: NATURAL HAZARDS - Round 1
Conservative / transform
Richter (the Mercalli scale measures intensity of the effects, not the magnitude)
Any one of: lava field, lava tunnel, lava tube
Earthquake 7.1 Richter scale
Any one of: Fire/lava fountains, lava flow, ash emission, tephra
E.g. counterweights, retrofitting supports, rubber foundations, reinforced glass, window shutters, automatic gas cut-off switch, etc.
Mitigation means taking actions to try to reduce the impact of something
E.g. drought, river floods, coastal floods, gale force winds, blizzards, heatwave, minor earthquakes, etc.
Tropical storms require warm humid air and moisture from the ocean to form, therefore they form in the tropics over water that is warm enough
A) 2000, B) Stratovolcano