The Three Ps

Question 1

Name ways to predict a natural hazard

Answer 1

Monitoring storms and meteorologists build models of the weather

Question 2

Why can building weather models be inaccurate?

Answer 2

Because weather is complicated and an accurate prediction a long time in advance is very difficult

Question 3

Name ways to protect from a natural hazard

Answer 3

Planning regulations on construction, stilts in houses made from reinforced concrete and flood defences

Question 4

How might planning regulations help to protect?

Answer 4

To ensure buildings are unlikely to be flooded or damaged in a natural hazard when building them

Question 5

Name ways to plan for a natural hazard

Answer 5

Emergency services receive specific disaster training and special plans for evacuations are put in place