1.1.1 - Natural Hazards

Question 1

What is a natural hazard

Answer 1

Something natural that can endanger people (causing death, injuries or damage) or buildings

Question 2

What is a natural disaster

Answer 2

When a natural hazard endangers people and building happens in real life

Question 3

What features make up a natural hazard

Answer 3

• must threaten or affect human life
• out of human control
• different places more at risk

Question 4

What places are likely to be hit by many natural hazards

Answer 4

Phillippines

Question 5

What 6 types of natural hazards happen in the Philippines

Answer 5

• Eathquakes
• volacnoes
• tsunamis
• tropical storms
• floods
• landslides

Question 6

True or False:
Natural Hazards are in human control

Answer 6

False they are out of human control

Question 7

True or False:
Natural Hazards are out of human control

Answer 7

True

Question 8

What must natural hazards threaten to be considered a hazard

Answer 8

People and buildings

Question 9

Is it a hazard if there is a sandstorm in a desert that is uninhabited

Answer 9

We dont call this a hazard because no one is threatened by the risks of the hazard