11 GEO SAC 1 REVISION

What is a risk factor?

• Factors that increase the chance of a hazard occurring

• Factors that are the result of a hazard

A Social risk factor is

• Population Density

• Community disaster preparedness

• Having a healthy population

• Economic Stability

Why did the plant meltdown?

• Hydrogen fire

• The reactor was flooded

• 9.0 Magnitude earthquake

• Backup generators were flooded

Which type of explosion occurred?

What is nuclear fission?

• Using energy to produce steam

• Creating energy from steam

• Splitting radioactive atoms

• Joining radioactive atoms

How did human activity compound the affects of the disaster?

• Not promoting their workers

• Poor disaster preparedness

• Poor design of nuclear power plant

• Faulty icewall

How was GIS used in the recovery and reconstruction response after the disaster?

• Colour-coding graphs of nuclear

• Optimising maps of the Plant

• Mapping of Food inputs

• Optimising planning of renewable energy

Name a social impact of the disaster

Name a cultural impact of the disaster

What magnitude was the earthquake

• 7

• 7.5

• 9

• 8