Natural Disasters

Categorize each disaster

Groups:

(a) Biological

,

(b) Geological

,

(c) Atmospheric

• Tsunami

• Measles

• Flood

A ​ (a)   is a naturally occurring event that has the potential to harm humans while a​ (b)   is a naturally occurring event that causes harm.

• natural hazard
• natural disaster
• oil spill
• nuclear power plant

Insects, parasites and diseases are (a)  

• biological hazards
• geological hazards
• atmospheric hazards

The reason that LDCs are more impacted by disasters is:

• poor sanitation

• limited resources for disaster response

• limited technology to send warnings

• all of the above

​ ​ ​ ​ (a)   are more impacted by natural disasters.​ ​

• men and children
• men
• women and children

All people are impacted equally by a disaster.​ (a)  

• True
• False

Hurricanes form over (a)  

• oceans
• lakes
• land