Natural and Ecological Hazards

Question 1

What is an ecological hazard?

Answer 1

An ecological hazard is a potential threat to the environment that can cause harm to ecosystems and human health.

Question 2

True or False: Natural hazards are always predictable.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

What is the definition of a natural hazard?

Answer 3

A natural hazard is a naturally occurring event that has the potential to cause damage, destruction, or loss.

Question 4

What are contour lines used for in geography?

Answer 4

Contour lines are used to represent elevation and terrain features on a map.

Question 5

Multiple Choice: Which of the following is NOT a type of natural hazard? A) Earthquake B) Flood C) Pollution D) Hurricane

Answer 5

C) Pollution

Question 6

True or False: Contour lines that are close together indicate a gentle slope.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

What is the main purpose of risk assessment in ecological hazards?

Answer 7

The main purpose is to evaluate the potential impacts and likelihood of hazards affecting people and the environment.

asses the risk in countries that can impact people or the envrionment

Question 8

Multiple Choice: Which of the following describes a primary ecological hazard? A) Wildfire B) Urbanization C) Deforestation D) All of the above

Answer 8

A) Wildfire

Question 9

What does it mean if an area is considered ‘highly vulnerable’?

Answer 9

It means that the area is at a greater risk of suffering significant damage from hazards due to various factors.

Question 10

What does a steep contour line gradient indicate?

Answer 10

It indicates a steep slope.

Question 11

Multiple Choice: Which of the following is a secondary ecological hazard? A) Landslide B) Tsunami C) Drought D) Flood

Answer 11

A) Landslide

Question 12

True or False: All natural hazards can be mitigated completely.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

What is the relationship between hazard and risk?

Answer 13

Risk is the probability of a hazard causing harm, while hazard is the potential event itself.

Question 14

Fill in the blank: __________ is the process of identifying and analyzing the hazards that a community may face.

Answer 14

Hazard assessment

Question 15

What do contour lines represent on a topographic map?

Answer 15

Elevation levels and the shape of the terrain.

Question 16

Multiple Choice: Which of the following factors does NOT contribute to vulnerability? A) Geographic location B) Community preparedness C) Climate change D) Population density

Answer 16

C) Climate change

Question 17

What is Spatial technology

Answer 17

any software or hardware that interacts with real-world locations. GPS, GIS and satellite images are most commonly used to visualise, manipulate , analyse display and record spatial data.

Question 18

Types of spatial technology

Answer 18

remote sensing; allows data to be collected
GPS; provides information about locations on earth.
Global Information services; allow users to collect store and analyse data based on earth
Drones; help gather geospatial data.

Question 19

What are the advantages of spatial tech

Answer 19

• recording and storing info(public or private)
• identifying and investigating spatial patterns.
• presenting and communicating information and findings.

Question 20

Real life example of spatial technology.

Answer 20

Google earth which helps people to understand patterns, relationships and geographic content,.

Question 22

What are the types of spatial technologies?

Answer 22

remote sensing; allows data to be collected
GPS; provide info about locations of earth
GIS; allow users to collect, store and analyse data linked to earth.
Drones; help gather geospatial data

Question 23

What is a real life example of spatial technology.

Answer 23

google earth can be used for people to understand patterns, relationships and geographic context.

Question 24

What are the advantages of spatial tech?

Answer 24

recording and storing info (public of private)
identifying and investigating spatial patterns
presenting and communicating info and findings.

Question 25

Define vulnerabilty

Answer 25

Vulnerability refers to the susceptibility to harm/damage/change from a hazard event.

Question 26

What are the factors which influence vulnerability?

Answer 26

economy, governments, geographical, population characteristics and education

Question 27

Explain economy in reference to vulnerability.

Answer 27

the wealth funding of emergency services, quality of infrastructure and number of hospitals in a country/region impact the vulnerability. Economy is also closely linked to governments.

Question 28

Define Spatial distirbution

Answer 28

The term refers to how features are arranged on the earth's surface. (described as clustered, uniform(equally spaced), and random)

Question 29

Define temporal distribution

Answer 29

the distribution of geographical phenomena over a period of time.

Question 30

Define frequency

Answer 30

How often teh hazard occurs in a particular region/country.

Question 31

Define scale of spatial impact

Answer 31

the extent of an area impacted by a hazard event.

Question 32

Define Magnitude

Answer 32

How strong a hazard is and their importance, they can be measured through the richter scale of volcano explosivity index (VEI).

Question 33

Define hazard Geography

Answer 33

The study of natural and ecological hazards.

Question 34

What is the difference between a hazard and a hazard event

Answer 34

A Hazard refers to the type eg; a bushfire, while a hazard event is the specific occurrence; 2023, Parkerville Bushfires.

Question 35

Types of natural hazards

Answer 35

atmospheric, hydrological and geothermic

Question 36

Types of ecological hazards

Answer 36

biological and chemical.

Question 37

Geomorphic

Answer 37

driven by geological processes eg plate tectonics, which create movement on the earth's surface causing earthquakes and tsunamis.

Question 38

Atmoshperic

Answer 38

Caused in the atmosphere, and commonly invlove weather for example a storm, heatwave or bushfire.

Question 39

Hydrological

Answer 39

Derived from the water cycle, yet often tied with atmospheric hazards. An example is droughts, rain is deficient but weather, precipitation and wind also affect it.

Question 40

Biological

Answer 40

driven/associated with biological life, can include COVID or other disease, airborne or waterborne.

Question 41

Chemical

Answer 41

Exposure to chemical such as nuclear waste, which cause harm to people, communities and the environment.