Grade 8 · Geography
This quiz helps revise “Natural hazards” in Geography for grade 8. It has 25 questions in five categories: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Water hazards, Severe weather, Slope hazards. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
What is a fracture in Earth's crust called when blocks of rock have moved relative to each other?
What is the point on Earth's surface directly above where an earthquake rupture begins called?
What is the point…
In the gameWhich seismic arrival travels…
In the gameWhat is the loss…
In the gameWhat is the surface opening through which molten material, rock fragments, and gases escape during an eruption?
What is the bowl-shaped depression near a volcano’s summit called?
What broad, gently sloping…
In the gameWhat steep-sided cone is…
In the gameWhat is a hot…
In the gameWhat is an overflow of water onto land that is normally dry called?
What is a series of very long sea waves caused by a large, sudden displacement of ocean water?
What is an extended…
In the gameThe photo shows a…
In the gameWhat is the rise…
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What is the relatively calm central region of a mature hurricane called?
What solid precipitation grows when thunderstorm updrafts carry water drops into very cold air?
What is a non-frontal…
In the gameWhat 1-to-5 system rates…
In the gameWhat long-lived convective storm…
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The photo shows rock, soil, or loose material moving down a slope. What is this hazard called?
What is a mass of snow moving rapidly down a mountain slope called?
What is the fall…
In the gameWhat is a rapid…
In the gameWhat is a fast-moving…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.
