Geography Natural Hazards Mock

Question 1

What are the three main case studies and what are their dates, and what plate boundaries were they at/ What category storm?

Answer 1

Haiti: 12 Jan 2010, conservative
L’Aquila: 6 Apr 2009, destructive
Typhoon Haiyan: 8 Nov 2013, category 5

Question 2

What plate boundaries do volcanoes usually form around?

Answer 2

Destructive and Constructive

Question 3

What causes a plate to move?

Answer 3

Convection currents

Question 4

Where do most tropical storms occur?

Answer 4

Between tropics of Capricorn and Cancer

Question 5

What are the impacts of three main case studies?

Answer 5

Haiti: 200000 deaths, 1.5M homeless
L’Aquila: 300+ deaths, 60000 homeless
Typhoon Haiyan: 6190 deaths, 4.1M homeless

Question 6

What is the most effective earthquake preperation?

Answer 6

Earthquake drills and education, in case of an unexpected earthquake so citizens know how to react.

Question 7

2 Building protections from storms and earthquakes?

Answer 7

Steel frames (buildings sway) - Earthquake
Storm shutters - Storm

Question 8

Example of a recent extreme flood event?

Answer 8

Cockermouth Nov 2009

Question 9

What caused Cockermouth flood?

Answer 9

316mm of rainfall in 24 hrs

Question 10

Impacts of Cockermouth

Answer 10

1 death, contaminated water and £276M in damages.

Question 11

What is mitigation?

Answer 11

Reducing severity of an extreme event (such as global warming)

Question 12

Mitigation strategies

Answer 12

Carbon Capture (trapping CO2 underground), renewable energy

Question 13

What is adaption?

Answer 13

Taking advantage of problems.

Question 14

Adaption strategies

Answer 14

Manage water supplies, change agriculture.

Question 15

What are the 6 methods of planning for natural hazards

Answer 15

1. Immediate response
2. Long - Term response
3. Monitoring
4. Planning
5. Prediction
6. Protection