GCSE Natural Hazards

Question 1

What is a natural hazard?

Answer 1

Any natural event that has the potential to endanger human life, the economy and property

Question 2

What is an atmospheric hazard?

Answer 2

A hazard created in the atmosphere by the movement of air and water,

e.g Hurricanes, Lightning

Question 3

What is a tectonic hazard?

Answer 3

A hazard created by the movement of tectonic plates

e.g Volcanoes Earthquakes Tsunamis

Question 4

What are water based hazards

Answer 4

A hazard created by rivers, sea or oceans

e.g Floods

Question 5

What is a biological hazard

Answer 5

Any biological substance that poses a threat to the health of people

e.g Covid-19, Malaria

Question 6

Factors affecting natural hazards

Answer 6

Natural factors

Population density

Magnitude

Frequency

Level of development

Time

Preparations

Accessibility

Question 7

Evidence for tectonic theory

Answer 7

Continental Fit

Mountain Chains

Geology (rock type)

Fossil matching

Question 8

Two types of crust

Answer 8

Oceanic Crust (denser, younger, heavier, beneath the ocean)

Continental Crust (less dense, older, lighter, beneath the land)