Unit 1A - Natural Hazards

Question 1

What is a natural hazard?

Answer 1

a natural process which could cause death, injury or disruption to humans, or destroy property or possessions

Question 2

What is a geological hazard?

Answer 2

are caused by land and tectonic processes

Question 3

What is an example of a geological hazard?

Answer 3

volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides and avalanches

Question 4

What is ma meteorological hazard?

Answer 4

caused by weather and climate

Question 5

What is an example of a meteorological hazard?

Answer 5

tropical storms, heatwaves, cold spells and climate change

Question 6

What is hazard risk?

Answer 6

the probability that a natural hazard occurs

Question 7

What are some factors affecting hazard risk?

Answer 7

vulnerability, capacity to cope and nature of natural hazards

Question 8

How does vulnerability effect hazard risk?

Answer 8

more people that are in areas exposed to natural hazards, the greater the probability they will be effected by natural hazard

Question 9

How does capacity to cope effect hazard risk?

Answer 9

natural hazards have to effect human activities to count as a hazard, the better the pop can cope with an extreme event, the lower the threat

Question 10

How does nature of natural hazards effect natural risk?

Answer 10

the type of hazard, the frequency and magnitude