NGA GCSE natural hazards

Why is an avalanche in the Antarctic NOT a natural hazard?

• As it is very cold

• It does not have primary and secondary effects

• It does not affect people as nobody lives there

• It is not natural, it is caused by humans

Which of the following are reasons for the hazard risk increasing?

• Greater poverty

• Climate change

• Agriculture

What kind of plate boundary is this:

• Destructive

• Constructive

• Collision

• Conservative

At which types of plate boundary do volcanoes NOT occur

• destructive

• constructive

• conservative

• collision

At a destructive plate margin, why is the oceanic plate forced under the continental plate ?

• As they collide

• As the continental plate is denser

• As the oceanic plate is denser

• As it's a subduction zone

Which of these is a secondary effect of an earthquake?

• Fire

• Buildings collapse

• Gas pipes break

• Death and injury

Which of these is a primary effect of an earthquake?

• Disease from drinking dirty water

• Fire

• Collapse of roads, bridges etc

• Tsunami

What year was the L'Aquila earthquake in Italy?

• 2007

• 2009

• 2006

• 2010

How many deaths occurred in the L'Aquila earthquake?

• 8000

• 3000

• 800

• 300

After the L'Aquila earthquake, the rescue efforts were made more difficult by...

• aftershocks

• the cold weather

• the government not providing much money

• disease spreading