WorksheetsHazards retrieval
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is a natural hazard?
Burning yourself on the iron at home
A road traffic accident
A natural event which causes a threat to human activity or people
A natural event which involves a human causes hazard
Which of these are natural hazards?
Volcanic Eruptions
Earthquakes
Tsunami
Cave Arches Stacks and Stumps
What is a hazard risk?
Chance or probability of being affected by a natural event.
The risk of falling over
The chances of falling into a volcano
Chance or probability of being affected by a human event.
The core of the earth is hot because of.....
Magic
Radioactive decay
Volcanoes
The sun
What plate boundary is this?
Conservative
Constructive
Destructive
Which words best describe oceanic crust?
Thick, heavy, andesite
Thin, heavy, andesite
Thin, heavy, basalt
Thin, light, basalt
What is a natural hazard?
Sudden, severe events which make the natural environemnt difficult to manage. They disrupt human life, and have huge economic and social impacts.
Suddenly being run over by a car on your way to tesco
Suddenly running out of toilet paper when you need to go fast.
trying to walk from one side of your bedroom to the other.
Which of these is an atmospheric hazard?
Glacial Bursts, Storm surges, Tsunamis, Mudflows
Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, Sink holes
Lightning, heatwave, blizzards, wild fire, droughts ....
Which of these is classed as flooding?
Storm surges, Glacial bursts, Avalances, Tsunami
Tornadoes, Droughts, heatwaves, Blizzards
Earthquakes, Volcaninc eruptions, Landslides, Sinkholes
What is hazard risk?
Chance of being affected by a natural hazard. e.g those living near the sea at risk of flooding
Walking through your bedroom without breaking your neck.
A car running you down on the way to asda.
What factors increase the risk of being exposed to natural hazards?
Urbanisation - densely populated urban areas concentrate those at risk.
Poverty - expense of housing leads to building on risky ground
Farming - the attraction of nutrient-rich floodplains puts people at risk
Climate change - global warming raises sea levels and generates more extreme weathe.
Which of the following is NOT a natural hazard?
Hurricane
Tornado
House Fire
Earthquake
What does fatalism mean?
The attempt to live with the hazard.
A view that the hazard cannot be changed or mitigated.
An event that is a threat to people.
The way a person looks at a hazzrd
Which of these can influence perception?
Socio economic status
Level of education
Past experiences
Religion
Which of these are a secondary effect?
Lava
Pyroclastic flow
Damaged gas pipe
Flooding from a volcanic eruption
What does quality of life mean?
The amount of money a person has.
The amount of items a person has.
How happy and healthy a person is.
How unhappy and unhealthy a person is.
What does mitigation mean?
To continue to live with the hazard.
To try and reduce the impacts of the hazard
To pretend it does not happen.
To try and give warning of the event
What happens during the rehabilitation stage of the Park models?
Aid, search and rescue.
Restoring and reconstruction
Getting back to normal quality of life
What happens during the preparedness stage of the disaster management cycle.
Education, raising awareness
Damage assessment plans
Restoring affected areas
Reducing severity
