The challenge of natural hazards

Question 1

If there is a sandstorm in a desert where nobody lives (an uninhabited desert), we don’t call this a?

Answer 1

Hazard

Question 2

Something natural that can endanger people, causing death, injuries or damage to buildings and properties.”
What does this definition describe?

Answer 2

Natural Hazard

Question 3

What do we call something natural that can endanger humans or human activity?

Answer 3

Natural Hazard

Question 4

What type of hazard are earthquakes and volcanoes examples of?

Answer 4

Geological Hazards

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Hazard Risk

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Risk

Question 7

A land that is hard to grow crops on is called a M___________?

Answer 7

Marginal Land

Question 8

Different populations of people do different activities and have different abilities to deal with natural….

Answer 8

Hazards

Question 9

High income countries usually have governments that can…

Answer 9

Build flood defences
Evacuate the population to safety when a storm is predicted

Question 10

What is the term used to describe a situation where a hazard has happened and it affected humans?

Answer 10

Natural Disaster

Question 11

Which 2 of the following locations are most at risk of natural hazards?
;Spain
;California
;UK
;The Philippines

Answer 11

The Philippines
California

Question 12

Name 2 examples of meteorological hazards

Answer 12

Heat Wave
Tropical Storm

Question 13

Name 2 geological hazards?

Answer 13

Volcano
Landslide