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Question 1

types of environments and examples

Answer 1

natural- forest, managed- parkland managed by rangers, built- a city/suburbs

Question 2

categories of natural hazards

Answer 2

atmospheric, geological, geomorphic, hydrological, climatological

Question 3

atmospheric hazard

Answer 3

occurs in the air, e.g cyclones and tornados

Question 4

geological

Answer 4

where the ground and earth moves, the movement of tectonic plates during an earthquake

Question 5

geomorphic

Answer 5

processes that take place on the earths surface, e.g landslide/erosion

Question 6

hydrological

Answer 6

natural processes driven by water- tsunami/landslide

Question 7

climatological

Answer 7

natural hazards in weather cycles, e.g floods and bushfires

Question 8

factors that impact severity

Answer 8

cause, frequency, speed of onset, developed v developing country, predictability and duration

Question 9

cause

Answer 9

origin of the hazard, e.g floods after torrential rain

Question 10

frequency

Answer 10

how often an event happens, is it seasonal-bushfire, or random-earthquake.

Question 11

speed of onset

Answer 11

how quickly does it happen, e.g flash flooding happens really quickly, whereas a volcano can emit gases and smoke for days before the eruption

Question 12

developed v developing country

Answer 12

developed countries are able to provide aid, shelter ect, whereas developing countries don’t have that money

Question 13

predictability

Answer 13

is it random or seasonal, hurricanes can be monitored, but an earthquake can happen where there is little to no seismic activity

Question 14

duration

Answer 14

how long does the event last for- storm is a few hours, droughts are months/years

Question 15

factors that affect vulnerability

Answer 15

social/political, physical, economic, climate change

Question 16

social/political

Answer 16

stable/unstable government, and a sense of community

Question 17

physical

Answer 17

terrain, location, structure soundness

Question 18

economic

Answer 18

ability to fund aid and rebuilding efforts

Question 19

climate change (vulnerability)

Answer 19

unpredictability and severity of events

Question 20

levels of impact

Answer 20

primary, secondary, tertiary

Question 21

primary

Answer 21

shaking

Question 22

secondary

Answer 22

spread of disease, food shortages

Question 23

tertiary

Answer 23

chronic illness, rebuilding

Question 24

biophysical

Answer 24

the natural world

Question 25

anthropogenic

Answer 25

how humans have adapted to the natural world, e.g rollers on buildings in earthquake prone regions

Question 26

open system

Answer 26

a system that allows matter to freely enter and exit, e.g a river

Question 27

closed system

Answer 27

a system that doesn’t allow matter to freely enter and exit, e.g a dam

Question 28

divergent plates

Answer 28

plates moving away from each other, causes valleys

Question 29

converging plates

Answer 29

plates moving towards each other, causes mountain ranges

Question 30

transforming plates

Answer 30

plates moving side by side, creates ridges and valleys