Natural Hazards - 1.1.2 Hazard Risks

Question 1

What factors affect hazard risks?

Answer 1

• Ability to cope
• population density

Question 2

If there are more people living in an area or a certain type of area, it is ____ likely that more (or lots of) people will be affected by a hazard.

Answer 2

more

Question 3

What do we call the likelihood of a natural hazard happening?

Answer 3

hazard risk

Question 4

How do people affect hazard risks?

Answer 4

• high popultion density
• living in certain areas (marginal land, near volcanoes, San Andreas Fault line ect.)

Question 5

Hazard ____ is the likelihood of an event caused by a natural ____ happening.

Answer 5

risk
hazard

Question 6

Select the option that increase hazard risks:
- High population density
- Low population density
- living on marginal land
- living on fertile land
- living on Bolton-Blackburn fault line
- living on San Andreas fault line

Answer 6

• high population density
• living on marginal land
• living on san Andreas fault line

Question 7

If there are more people living in an area or a certain type of area, it is more likely that more people will be affected by a ____.

Answer 7

hazard

Question 8

What do we call land that is hard to grow crops on?

Answer 8

Marginal land

Question 9

What are natural diasasters

Answer 9

A natural hazard that can endanger humans and buildings in real life.