key terms

Question 1

natural hazard

Answer 1

Natural hazards are extreme natural events that can cause loss of life, extreme damage to property and disrupt human activities.

Question 2

geophysical harzard

Answer 2

a hazard caused by the movement of tectonic plates e.g. volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis

Question 3

Atmospheric hazard

Answer 3

a hazard caused by occurrence, movement and distribution of water

Question 4

examples of atmospheric hazards

Answer 4

flooding, landslides and drought

Question 5

Disaster

Answer 5

a major hazard event that causes widespread disruption to a community or region that the affected community is unable to deal with adequately without outside help

Question 6

Risk

Answer 6

the susceptibility of a community to a hazard or to the impacts of a hazard event

Question 7

what is a prediction?

Answer 7

give warnings - enable action to be taken

Question 8

example of prediction

Answer 8

National Hurricane Centre - Floirda - agency demonstrating depend upon monitoring

Question 9

role of prevention on natural hazard

Answer 9

probably unrealistic

Question 10

fatalism

Answer 10

a view of a hazard event that suggests that people cannot influence or shape the outcome

Question 10

fatalism

Answer 10

a view of a hazard event that suggests that people cannot influence or shape the outcome