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Which natural disaster can produce the fastest winds on Earth?
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Cyclone
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Hurricane
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Tornado
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When and where did the Hatepe eruption occur?
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180 CE / New Zealand
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1925 CE / Indonesia
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32 BCE / Caribbean Islands
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What are the odds of being struck by lightning in one year?
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1 in 700,000
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1 in 7,000,000
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1 in 70,000
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What are the odds of being struck by lightning in a lifetime?
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1 in 3,000
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1 in 30,000
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1 in 300
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How often does a lightning strike occur worldwide?
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2 to 3 times every second
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50 to 100 times every second
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Once every hour
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Natural disasters frequently result in all of the following except…
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Damage to the ecological environment
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Displacement of populations
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Sustained public attention
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Where did a major earthquake occur in the early 1900s?
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San Francisco, California
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Riga, Latvia
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Athens, Greece
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One of the deadliest diseases in history killed at least 50 million people in the 20th century is known as…
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The Spanish flu
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Polio
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Smallpox
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Where did the strongest earthquake on Earth occur?
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Japan
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United States
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Chile
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What is the deadliest natural disaster in recorded history?
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The Eruption of Krakatoa
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The Bubonic plague
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The Yangtze-Huai River floods
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According to the United Nations, there were ___ annual natural disasters that occurred between 1992 and 2002 worldwide.
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300
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500
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700
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Which type of cloud can form a tornado?
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Stratus
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Cumulonimbus
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Cumulus
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