11 Hazard Geography overview

What is the best definition of Geography?

• Study of the physical features of the earth.

• A study of the earth's climate, geology and biogeography.

• the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of the human activity and interactions with the physical environment.

• Study of the human activity on the earths surface and its patterns.

The study of the processes causing natural and human hazards and the impact of these hazards on people is known as

• Hazard science

• Disaster Geography

• Geographical Science

• Hazard Geography

What are the four spheres that make up the world?

• Hemisphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and semisphere.

• Hyrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, lithosphere

• Atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere.

• Biosphere, pathosphere, hygrowsphere, atmosphere.

What is a hazard?

• A potential danger or risk caused by natural or human causes and has the potential to cause loss of life, injury, property, socio-economic disruption.

• A catastrophic event that causes serious loss of life or disruption to a community.

• Natural factors that cause loss of human life.

• Cultural factors causing a large disruption to the economic and social functioning of an area.

Which three factors combine to make a hazard a disaster?

• Causes severe damage and endangers lives

• A country that has a small defense force and police force.

• Event occurs near property and population.

• An area that is very vulnerable due to low income, lack of emergency plans and few preventative measures.

Which of the following are natural hazards?

• Geomorphic eg. volcano and tsunami

• Atmospheric eg. trpoical cyclone, heat wave,bush fire

• Technological hazards eg. train crash, oil spill, nuclear explosion.

• Hyrogical eg. drought, flood.

An ecological hazard is best defined as

• Hazards which are driven by biological processes such as infectious diseases or animal invasions.

• a biological or chemical hazard that has the potential to impact adversely on the well-being of people or the environment.

• the loss of an ecosystem brought about by the domination of one animal.

• the destruction of an ecosystem caused by pollution.

Spatial distribution refers to

• how features or objects are arranged on the earth's surface.

• how two features are linked in a similar pattern on the earth's surface.

• how planets are arranged.

• the arrangement of features over time.

If features have a similar arrangement on the earth's surface there is said to be

• a spatial distribution

• a spatial association

• a spatial inclination

• a temporal association

Temporal distribution refers to

• temporary patterns

• the distribution of something over time- eg the years bushfires occur.

• patterns in the earth's temperature

• where something is in an urban setting.