Lesson Y8-U01-L09

Reducing the Risk: Protect, Predict, Prepare Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 7

20 questions

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Lesson Y8-U01-L09, Reducing the Risk: Protect, Predict, Prepare: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 7: Year 8: Restless Earth: Tectonic Hazards, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What are the three core strategies for managing earthquake risk?

    • Monitor, Manage, Mitigate
    • Protect, Predict, Prepare
    • Plan, Prevent, Protest
    • Evacuate, Educate, Engineer

  2. Which of the three Ps means designing buildings and structures to survive earthquake shaking?

    • Protect
    • Prepare
    • Predict
    • Prevent

  3. Which P means giving people a short warning before strong shaking arrives?

    • Protect
    • Predict
    • Prepare
    • Restore

  4. What does the term 'aseismic' mean in engineering?

    • Created from volcanic rock
    • Designed to survive earthquakes
    • Built underground
    • Made of solid stone

  5. In hazard geography, how is 'risk' defined?

    • Size of the hazard
    • Speed of tectonic plates
    • Cost of repair
    • Chance of harm

  6. What term describes action taken to reduce the severity of hazard impacts?

    • Evacuation
    • Adaptation
    • Prediction
    • Mitigation

  7. What does 'vulnerability' measure in the context of natural disasters?

    • Susceptibility to harm
    • Frequency of tremors
    • Magnitude of shaking
    • Distance from the epicentre

  8. Which P does a family emergency kit with water and a torch belong to?

    • Protect
    • Predict
    • Restore
    • Prepare

  9. A city near a plate boundary builds its hospital with rubber shock absorbers under the foundations. Which P does this measure show?

    • Protect
    • Prepare
    • Predict
    • Prevent

  10. A seismometer detects the first earthquake waves and an alert is sent to phones before the strong shaking. Which P is this?

    • Predict
    • Protect
    • Prevent
    • Prepare

  11. A school practises a 'duck, cover and hold' drill every year. Which P does this show?

    • Predict
    • Restore
    • Protect
    • Prepare

  12. Why might two identical earthquakes cause vastly different death tolls?

    • Differences in vulnerability
    • Different time zones
    • Variations in tectonic speed
    • Wind direction changes

  13. Why do aseismic buildings often feature flexible steel frames?

    • To remain totally rigid
    • To absorb heat energy
    • To sway with shaking
    • To prevent ground cracks

  14. Which strategic measure involves mapping faults to restrict new residential construction?

    • Land-use zoning
    • Evacuation planning
    • Emergency drilling
    • Retrofitting

  15. Which earthquake management strategy typically involves the highest financial cost?

    • Protect
    • Prepare
    • Predict
    • Drills

  16. Which low-cost strategy is most suitable for a developing country to reduce casualties?

    • Reconstruct
    • Protect
    • Relocate
    • Prepare

  17. Why are low-cost community drills ideal for poorer nations?

    • They save lives cheaply
    • They replace buildings
    • They stop earthquakes
    • They predict epicentres

  18. Why is using a combination of all three Ps superior to relying on just one?

    • It lowers insurance costs
    • It stops tectonic movement
    • They cover different weaknesses
    • It shortens tremor duration

  19. What is the primary purpose of adding cross-bracing to a tall building?

    • Block falling debris
    • Improve aesthetic appeal
    • Absorb seismic energy
    • Increase total weight

  20. What is the most accurate evaluation of human control over tectonic hazards?

    • No protection is possible
    • Hazards can be eliminated
    • Plates can be stabilized
    • Risk can be reduced

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