Natuaral Hazards

Question 1

What is a natural Hazard

Answer 1

A natuaral hazard is an unpredictable threat arising in an physical, climatic or biotic environment

Question 2

Describe the impact of a natural hazard on life and property

Answer 2

A natural hazard may affect life in away that the natural environment is affected as secondary hazards such floods can kill fish and and harm coral reefs while they can affect human life ecomically as there is loss of live and loved ones as well as damage to property which takes money to fix and loss ofhomes due to asha fall and injury, as well as losss of agricultural crops which decrease production.

Question 3

Responce to natural hazards

Answer 3

Responces to natural hazards include setting up a relief fund, search and recue, leaving the area/evacuating, conducting drills, removing dead trees from yard, securing objects, stock piling supplies, planning evacuation process, putting important documents in waterproof casing

Question 4

Natural Diaster

Answer 4

A natral disaster is a natural hazard that causes death, injury or major damage to property

Question 5

What are the natural disaters that affects the caribben

Answer 5

hurricane, earthequake, volcanoes flooding landslides

Question 6

Which two countries dont experience hurricanes

Answer 6

guyana and suriname

Question 7

Which two countries dont experience volcanoes

Answer 7

jamaica, guyana, surinam, belize, bahamas, trinidad

Question 8

Which two countries dont experience landslide

Answer 8

cayman islands and bahamas and barbados

Question 9

What are the secondary hazards for hurricanes

Answer 9

flooing, landslide, wind dammage

Question 10

What are the secondary hazards for volcanoes

Answer 10

ash fall, mud flow, lava flow, pyroclastic flow

Question 11

What are the secondary hazards for earthquakes

Answer 11

cracks, liquidification, tsunami, flooding, landslide

Question 12

How does the government respond to threat of hazard

Answer 12

public education, relieif fund, land use aoning, establishing evacuation process, monitor volcanoes, enforce strict buikding codes, stock warehouses with food releif supplies

Question 13

What are the stages of the disater management cycle

Answer 13

Mififgation- minmizaing effects of diaster
Prepardeness- planning how to respond
Responce- efforts to minimize hazards created
Recovery- returning community to normal