Hazardous environments

What is a natural hazard?

• One produced by environmental processes

• One produced by humans

• A destructive event that is produced by natural processes

• an area of damage

What is a geological hazard?

• Floods

• Drought

• Earthquakes

• Pollution

How does a tropical cyclone begin?

• Cold air

• Humid weather

• high temperatures causing air to rise

• Fast moving air

The coriolis force is

• A circulatory motion of air

• A round motion of air

• hot air moving

• cold air moving

Where are the majority of Cyclones found?

• Antartica

• Europe

• Equator

• New Zealand

How far do Tropical Cyclones stretch?

• 300-400 KM

• 500-600 KM

• 600-700 KM

• 800-900 KM

Types of weather during a cyclone

• Strong winds, light rain, waves

• Very strong winds, torrential rain, storm surges

• light wind, torrential rain, strong waves

• Very Strong winds, Storm Surges, rain

What is used to assess cyclones?

• Richter scale

• Seismograph

• Saffir-simpson scale

What is the strongest category of cyclone?

• Level 5

• Level 2

• Level 1

• Level 4