ARK Y8 Assessment Lent 1 Disasters by choice

True or False:

Natural hazards are all part of the physical processes and interactions in the Earth’s spheres and systems.

• True

• False

2.

Which of the following is not a natural hazard?

• War/Conflict

• Extreme weather

• Volcanic eruption

• Tsunami

True or False:

Vulnerability means people do not have the resources, knowledge or choices available to stop nature from harming them.

• True

• False

Using the infographic, what has happened to the total number of deaths in all disasters between 1900 and 2020?

• Increased

• Fluctuated

• Decreased

• Stayed the same

Which of the following statements are true about global deaths from natural disasters?
Select all of the correct answers.

• Droughts and floods have killed more people since 1900 than any other hazard.

• Historically, wildfires have caused the highest number of deaths.

• Historically, deaths from events could reach millions.

• Stayed the same

True or False:

Heatwaves caused more deaths before the year 2000 than after.

• True

• False

7.

Using the infographic, how many deaths occurred in Boxing Day tsunami in 2004?

• O

• 10,000

• 227,000

• 2 million

True or False:

Risk of disaster can be calculated by adding the risk of natural hazards to vulnerability of an area.

• True

• False

Which of the following statements are true about the World Risk Index score?
Select all of the correct answers.

• The northern hemisphere has the same World Risk Score.

• Large areas of Europe have low to very low risk.

• Africa has the largest surface area of any continent with a high to very high risk score.

Which of the following statements are true about the natural hazards that occur in Haiti?
Select all of the correct answers.

• Haiti is located in the main pathway of storms or hurricanes regularly in the Caribbean.

• Haiti experiences volcanic eruptions.

• The earthquake in Haiti in 2010 killed more than 100 times the number that recently died in the 2021 Haiti earthquake.