Natural Disasters

Question 0

What are the Earth Movements?

Answer 0

Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Tsunamis
Landslides

Question 1

What are Natural Hazards and what are the groups that they are divided into?

Answer 1

Natural hazards are physical events that are divided into 3 groups:-
Earth Movements
Atmospheric/Weather Movements
Biological Processes

Question 2

What are the Biological Processes?

Answer 2

Insect Plague
Plant Fungi
Malaria
HIV/AIDS
SARS/ Swine Flu

Question 3

What are the Atmospheric/Weather Movements?

Answer 3

Floods
Droughts
Lightning
Fires
Tornadoes

Question 4

How do natural hazards affect people?

Answer 4

Poverty
Access to information
Quality of building/housing
Insurance
Savings

Question 5

What is Continental Drift?

Answer 5

Continental Drift is where the plates with the continents slowly move apart

Question 6

What are the seven sections of the earths crust called?

Answer 6

These seven sections are called tectonic plates

Question 7

What do these plates float on

Answer 7

These plates float on the magma

Question 8

What was the first continent called when all the continents were joined?

Answer 8

The first continent was called Pangaea

Question 9

How are Earthquakes formed?

Answer 9

Earthquakes are formed after energy that has been built up due to the earths plates getting locked and building up, finally to break the ground

Question 10

What is the Epicentre?

Answer 10

The epicentre is the point on the earths surface that is directly above the hypocenter or focus

Question 11

What are the two ways of measuring the strength of an earthquake ?

Answer 11

The two ways of measuring the strength of an earthquake is by using the Richter Scale or the Mercalli Scale

Question 12

Who cause Natural Hazards, and who causes Environmental Disasters?

Answer 12

Natural hazards are cause by the enviroment, and environmental disasters are cause by people

Question 13

What are 3 problems that follow an earthquake?

Answer 13

There may be a shortage of rescue equipment

There may not be enough medical care/supplies

There are a large number of homeless people who all need shelter and food

Question 14

Where does the term tsunami come from?

Answer 14

The term Tsunami comes from the Japanese word meaning ‘giant sea wave’

Question 15

How fast can tsunamis move at, and how tall can the wall of water be?

Answer 15

Tsunamis can reach a speed of 1000km per hour, and the wall of water can be 65m in height