Natural hazards

Question 1

Number of Deaths in Chile

Answer 1

525 people

Question 2

Number of Deaths in Nepal

Answer 2

9000 people

Question 3

Number of houses destroyed in Nepal

Answer 3

600,000 houses

Question 4

Number of houses destroyed in Chile

Answer 4

370,000 houses

Question 5

Number of Schools destroyed in Chile

Answer 5

4500 schools

Question 6

Number of schools destroyed in Nepal

Answer 6

7000

Question 7

What is a natural hazard

Answer 7

a natural event that threatens people and it has the potential to cause damage and death

Question 8

Name 2 types of plate boundaries where earthquakes occur

Answer 8

conservative and destructive

Question 9

Name 2 primary effects of an earthquake

Answer 9

Roads damaged, buildings collapsed

Question 10

What is a secondary effect of a tropical storm

Answer 10

no electricity

Question 11

Give three reasons why people live in hazardous areas

Answer 11

fertile soils from volcanoes, lack of choice, geothermal energy

Question 12

What are the conditions for tropical storms to occur

Answer 12

sea temperature at 27ºC, low wind shear, depth of the sea at 60m or 70m

Question 13

Number of deaths in Typhoon Haiyan

Answer 13

6000 people

Question 14

Number of houses destroyed in Typhoon haiyan

Answer 14

1.1 million houses

Question 15

Number of evacuation centres set up

Answer 15

1200 evacuation centres

Question 16

Name three pieces of evidence of climate change

Answer 16

melting glaciers, rising sea levels, rising temperatures