ThinkQuest International – Tsunami: Magnitude of Terror
Worksheet – Effects
Name: ___________________
Class: _____
Date: _________
Multiple Choice Questions (10 marks)
1. It is without any doubt that __________ was the worst hit by the earthquake and
the resulting tsunami.
(1) Sri Lanka
(2) India
(3) Indonesia
(4) Thailand
2. More than __________deaths have been confirmed in Banda Aceh alone
(1) 10,000
(2) 20,000
(3) 15,000
(4) 30,000
3. According to Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organization (CSIRO) __________can feel disturbances happening in the water and
would have most likely headed for deep water where they would be safe.
(1) sharks
(2) Crocodiles
(3) dolphins
(4) Fishes
4. It was estimated that there are currently over ________people in tsunami-stricken
countries in need of food
(1) 2 million
(2) 2.8 million
(3) 2.5 million
(4) 1.8 million
5. Potential tourists would have lost a sense of __________ in visiting these countries,
thus leading to a loss of tourism revenue
(1) smell
(2) belonging
(3) evidence
(4) security
6. The tsunami reached about _________ inland at Trincomalee to the northeast.
(1) 1 kilometre
(2) 5 kilometres
(3) 2 kilometres
(4) 10 kilometres
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7. The emotional and mental ________would remain in all those affected for years,
even if they had escaped a watery grave.
(1) trauma
(2) disorders
(3) health
(4) illness
8. Mangrove areas that act as nursery habitats to fish and _________were also
destroyed by the tsunami.
(1) Sea cucumber
(2) squids
(3) starfish
(4) shrimp
9. The United Nations refugee agency started a 400 ton airlift as part of a __________
relief operation to save the millions who had survived but were struggling to survive.
(1) $10 million
(2) $2 billion
(3) $1 billion
(4) $5 billion
10. The rotting _________ left behind by the tsunami WILL NOT help to spread
diseases to the survivors.
(1) fishes
(2) dogs
(3) human bodies
(4) books
Short Answers Questions (10 marks)
11. The ________ and fishing sectors have been adversely affected by the aftermath
of the tsunami.
12 Precious _______ reefs and mangrove areas were also crushed by the huge
tsunami waves.
13. The tsunamis that affected the coast of Thailand, Indonesia and the Maldives has
destroyed much of the marine biology there, also damaging the _________ severely.
14. _______ such as cholera, typhoid, dysentery and dengue then become more
rampant.
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15. It has been proven unusual to find large __________ in national income or dips in
the annual growth rate from these catastrophes.
Essay question (Optional 10 marks)
To what extend do you agree that the tsunami has caused more damages than the
earthquake itself? Explain your answer.
Answers
Multiple Choice Questions
1. 3
2. 4
3. 3
4. 4
5. 4
6. 3
7. 1
8. 4
9. 2
10. 4
Short Answers Questions
11. tourism
12. coral
13. ecosystem
14. Diseases
15. drops
Essay question
16. No model answer
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