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Geography: Chapter 1 - Natural Hazards

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This deck covers the key concepts of natural hazards, including their types, causes, and impacts on human life. It also explores why people live in hazardous areas and how human activities influence natural hazards.

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What is a natural hazard?

Natural hazards pose potential risk of damage of property or loss of life. The more humans that come into contact with natural events, the more the potential risk of natural hazards increases.

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Definition
What is a natural hazard?
Natural hazards pose potential risk of damage of property or loss of life. The more humans that come into contact with natural events, the more the po...
How are natural hazards classified?
By their physical processes, what caused a hazard to occur.
What are tectonic hazards?
Such as earthquakes or tsunamis which involve movement of tectonic plates in the earth's crust.
What are atmospheric hazards?
Such as hurricanes.
What are geomorphological hazards?
Such as flooding which occur on the earth's surface.
What are biological hazards?
Such as forest fires which involve living organisms.

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TermDefinition
What is a natural hazard?
Natural hazards pose potential risk of damage of property or loss of life. The more humans that come into contact with natural events, the more the potential risk of natural hazards increases.
How are natural hazards classified?
By their physical processes, what caused a hazard to occur.
What are tectonic hazards?
Such as earthquakes or tsunamis which involve movement of tectonic plates in the earth's crust.
What are atmospheric hazards?
Such as hurricanes.
What are geomorphological hazards?
Such as flooding which occur on the earth's surface.
What are biological hazards?
Such as forest fires which involve living organisms.
How can natural hazards not be caused naturally?
Caused by human influences eg a forest fire in California was caused by falling power lines rather than naturally occurring events.
How are the categories of natural hazards linked?
They are very closely linked for example tsunamis are a tectonic hazard but can also be caused by a landslide displacing a large body of water.
Where do natural hazards occur?
Some regions of world are more vulnerable. 2010 was a bad year for natural hazards.
What factors affect hazard risk/ why are there more natural hazards now?
The incidence of natural hazards is increasing as a result of global warming, deforestation and urbanisation. The frequency and magnitude of natural hazards are increasing too. The risk of natural hazards made worse by the location of where people live.
Why do people live in hazardous areas?
They can’t move due to the expense, lack of knowledge, or language barrier. It could be worth staying due to jobs and resources.