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  • What is the main cause of floods?
    Heavy rains
  • What is an earthquake?
    Is a sudden movement of the Earth.
  • What can cause an eruption? a) Global warming. b) A tsumani. c) The magma increased temperature.
    c) The magma increased temperature.
  • What was the most devastating earthquake in the world?
    Valdivia, Chile 1960.
  • What is the most common cause of tsunamis? a) Global warming. b) Earthquakes. c) Too much salt in the ocean.
    . b) Earthquakes.
  • What are some consequences of floods?
    Cities destroyed by accumulation of water, habitats destroyed so animals and plants die, people get hurt, sick or even killed.
  • What is a flood?
    A place where water accumulates.
  • What is a tsumani? a) A huge ocean wave. b) A sudden movement of the Earth. c) A huge storm.
    a) A huge ocean wave.
  • What is the largest volcano in the world? a) Popocatépetl. b) Villarrica. c) Nevado Ojos del Salado
    c) Nevado Ojos del Salado
  • What was the most recent and catastrophic tsunami? The one in: a) Mexico City. b) Japan. c) Indonesia.
    c) The one in Indonesia.
  • What is a volcano? a) A mountain. b) A natural disaster. c) An opening on the surface of the Earth.
    c) An opening on the surface of the Earth.