Hazard Management Theories
Seismic
Volcanic
Tropical Revolving Storms
Hazard Perception and Responses
100
What is this hazard model called?
Hazard Management Cycle
100
What is the primary cause of earthquakes?
Movement of tectonic plates
100
Volcanic hazard than can lead to roof collapse, crop failure and breathing problems
Ash fall
100
What is the central part of the tropical storm known as?
The eye
100
A family buying a hurricane shelter and weather radio
Adaption
200
Why are management strategies important before and after a hazard event?
To minimise the impact of disasters on communities and infrastructure
200
What tool is essential for detecting earthquakes?
Seismograph
200
Volcanic hazard that destroys property and real estate but rarely causes human fatalities
Lava flows
200
What type of pressure system is a tropical storm?
Low-pressure system
200
Not going on holiday to Florida in September because its hurricane season
Fear
300
What activities would take place during the relief phase of the park model
Focus on saving lives and international aid
300
Where is the most force found at the release of an earthquake
Focus
300
Name given to a fast moving cloud of ash, lava droplets, volcanic bombs and hot gases
Pyroclastic flow
300
Tropical storms form when water is at what minimum temperature?
27°C and above
300
Undergoing cyclone/hurricane drills
Preparedness
400
What are the four parts of the hazard management cycle?
Preparedness, response, mitigation, recovery
400
Which scale is used to measure the intensity of earthquakes?
Richter scale
400
How much money was lost by airlines each day for 6 days during the Eyjafjallajökull (2010) eruption?
£130 million
400
Which lines of latitude do tropical storms for between?
5-20 degrees north and south of the Equator
400
Hazards are part of God's will
Fatalism
500
Independent of the severity of the natural hazard, what factor can be compared across Park Models?
Level of development
500
What time of seismic waves are the first to arrive at a recording station?
P-waves
500
The only continent that has no active volcanoes
Australia
500
How will climate change have an effect on tropical storms?
Tropical storms will become more intense/powerful
500
Building higher tsunamic walls
Mitigation