Natural Hazards: Assignment 1 Solution

1. When two tectonic plates move away from each other than those are called
______________ plate margins.
a) Destructive
b) Transform
c) Constructive
d) Collision

2. ___________________, affects a thin band of country rock around magmas and molten
rock, and occurs at high temperature.
a) Regional metamorphism
b) Shock metamorphism
c) Subduction metamorphism
d) Contact Metamorphism

3. The ___________ thrust fault system is the result of collision between Australian and Pacific
plates.
a) Andes
b) Apennines
c) Ural
d) Alpine

4. The devastating earthquake in Indonesia occurred recently on _______________ in 2018,

whose epicenter was at Palu, Sulawesi Island.
a) Thrust Fault
b) Strike- Slip Fault
c) Normal Fault
d) Reverse Fault

5. Human eyes are susceptible to wavelength range of about __________ μm.

a) 0.1 to 0.3
b) 0.4 to 0.7
c) 0.7 to 1.0
d) 1.0 to 3.0

6. In May 2020, the east coast of India was hit by ________ cyclone, which formed due to
intense low pressure overseas:
a) Vardha
b) Amphan
c) Tauktae
d) Gaza

7. The _______________ earthquake occurred on 14th Nov., 2016 in between the Pacific and
Australian plates.
a) Kaikoura
b) Sulawesi
c) Arakan
d) Bhuj

8. A tropical cyclone is an ___________ area in the atmosphere over tropical or sub-tropical

waters.
a) Intense high pressure
b) Uneven distribution of solar energy
c) Intense low pressure
d) Built of warm fronts

9. Earth approximately falls in the __________ system, as there are few meteoritic impacts and
that causes the slight escape of gases into space.
a) Close
b) Open
c) Isolated
d) None of the above

10. Vulnerability to natural hazards has increased in many coastal areas due to the loss of
______________ that provide natural protection from marine flooding and even tsunamis.
a) Urban Centers
b) Beaches
c) Coastal Sediments
d) Coastal Habitat