Lesson Y8-U01-L07

Y8-U01-L07 Living with Earthquakes: Nepal, 2015 Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 7

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Lesson Y8-U01-L07, Living with Earthquakes: Nepal, 2015: 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. Which two large countries border Nepal?

    • India and China
    • Pakistan and Bangladesh
    • Myanmar and Thailand
    • Japan and Russia

  2. What is a primary effect of an earthquake?

    • Changes to the weather in the months after the quake
    • Damage caused directly by the shaking, such as collapsed buildings
    • Damage that follows later, such as landslides or disease
    • Money sent by other countries after the disaster, which is a primary effect of the shaking

  3. What is a secondary effect of an earthquake?

    • A smaller quake that strikes the same area the next day
    • Damage caused directly by shaking to roads and bridges
    • Damage that follows later, such as landslides or disease
    • The collapse of buildings during the main shock and the damage that happens in the first few seconds

  4. What is an aftershock?

    • A smaller earthquake that follows the main one in the same area
    • A tremor that happens before the main earthquake
    • A landslide that blocks a river valley and floods the villages below it for many weeks
    • A wave of water that follows a quake at sea

  5. What does vulnerability mean in this lesson?

    • How many people live in a hazard zone
    • How quickly aid can reach a disaster area
    • How strong a hazard is at its source, measured by the magnitude of the earthquake
    • How much harm people are likely to suffer from a hazard

  6. What is aid in the context of a disaster?

    • Warnings that are sent out before a quake begins, so that people can leave their homes early
    • Rules that stop people from building in danger zones
    • Machines that measure the magnitude of earthquakes
    • Help such as money, food or rescue teams sent to the affected area

  7. What type of plate boundary lies beneath Nepal?

    • A destructive, or convergent, boundary
    • A constructive boundary, where plates move apart
    • A hot spot far from any plate edge
    • A conservative boundary

  8. Which plate pushes north into the Eurasian Plate beneath Nepal?

    • The Pacific Plate
    • The Nazca Plate
    • The African Plate
    • The Indian Plate

  9. Which landform was pushed up by the same collision that causes Nepal's earthquakes?

    • The Atlas Mountains
    • The Himalayas, including Mount Everest
    • The Rocky Mountains
    • The Andes, a range of mountains in South America

  10. An avalanche on Mount Everest is triggered by the earthquake. What type of effect is this?

    • Aid, because it was a rescue effort
    • Primary
    • Secondary
    • Neither, because it was not caused by the quake

  11. Buildings collapse directly during the shaking. What type of effect is this?

    • An aftershock
    • Vulnerability
    • Secondary
    • Primary

  12. Diseases spread in relief camps several weeks after the quake. What type of effect is this?

    • An aftershock, because it happens in the same area
    • Secondary, because it follows on later from the disaster
    • Primary, because it is caused directly by the shaking
    • Aid, because it is sent by other countries after the disaster to help rescue teams

  13. Kathmandu has many old brick homes. Why does this increase the damage from an earthquake?

    • Brick homes absorb all seismic waves, so the ground is safer
    • Brick homes produce the earthquake energy when they fall
    • Old homes are built on hard rock, so they never shake and cannot be damaged by any quake
    • Weak buildings are more likely to collapse when shaken, which raises vulnerability

  14. Why is Nepal's location important to understanding the 2015 earthquake?

    • It is far from any plate boundary, so the quake was unexpected
    • It sits where the Indian Plate pushes into the Eurasian Plate, storing pressure
    • It sits on a constructive boundary where new crust is made each year
    • It lies on a conservative boundary with no earthquakes, so the plates there never move at all

  15. A pupil says a shallow focus makes shaking less severe. Which response is best?

    • No, the depth of the focus never affects the shaking at all, so the depth of a quake does not matter
    • Yes, because a shallow focus puts the epicentre far from people
    • No, a shallow focus brings the shaking closer to the surface, so it is usually more damaging
    • Yes, shallow quakes lose all their energy before reaching the surface

  16. Which combination best explains why the 2015 Nepal earthquake was so severe?

    • A weak quake hitting strong buildings on solid rock
    • A deep, weak quake hitting strong buildings in empty villages
    • A powerful, shallow quake hitting weak buildings in dense settlements
    • A powerful, deep quake hitting empty countryside and only a few isolated farms nearby

  17. Why does a hazard become a disaster?

    • When a hazard occurs far from any plate boundary and has no effect on local settlements
    • When a hazard happens only at night, when people are asleep
    • When a hazard meets people who are vulnerable, so the harm is severe
    • When a hazard is larger than the magnitude scale can measure

  18. Which statement best evaluates international aid after the 2015 earthquake?

    • Aid has no effect, because the damage is always too large to fix
    • Aid only goes to richer countries, so it never reaches Nepal
    • Aid always prevents every secondary effect from happening, so no further damage occurs after it arrives
    • Aid saves lives in the short term, but long-term rebuilding is needed to reduce future vulnerability

  19. Why can secondary effects last longer than the primary effects?

    • Primary effects are caused only by aftershocks in the following months
    • Secondary effects are always smaller, so they fade quickly once the rescue teams have finished their work
    • Primary effects are caused by seismic waves that take months to arrive
    • Disease, job losses and damaged supplies can continue for months after the shaking has stopped

  20. Which action would most reduce vulnerability to future earthquakes in Nepal?

    • Building safer, earthquake-resistant homes and planning safer settlements
    • Banning all people from living in mountainous areas, so that no homes are built on steep slopes
    • Removing all roads so that people cannot travel into danger zones
    • Removing every seismometer so that people feel calmer

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