Natural Hazards

Question 1

What’s a natural hazard

Answer 1

“A natural event (for example earthquake, volcanic eruption, tropical storm, flood) that threatens people or has the potential to cause damage, destruction and death.

Question 2

4 Types of Natural Hazards

Answer 2

Tectonic Hazards

Atmospheric Hazards

Geomorphological Hazards

Biological Hazards

Question 3

what’s tectonic hazard

Answer 3

caused by movements of the Earth’s crust

Question 4

what’s Atmospheric Hazards

Answer 4

weather-related

Question 5

What’s Geomorphological Hazards

Answer 5

land-based

Question 6

Give e.g of Tectonic Hazards

Answer 6

Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Tsunamis

Question 7

Give e.g of Athmospheric hazard

Answer 7

Tropical storms (hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons)
Droughts
Tornadoes

Question 8

Give e.g of geological hazard

Answer 8

Landslides
Avalanches

Question 9

Give e.g of Biological hazard

Answer 9

Disease epidemics
Wildfires

Question 10

explain how using fossil fuels might contribute to global changes in temperature

Answer 10

Burning fossil fuels (like coal, oil, and gas) releases carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the air. CO₂ is a greenhouse gas, which means it traps heat from the Sun in the Earth’s atmosphere. This causes global temperatures to rise, leading to climate change.