Natural Hazards - AQA Living w/t Physical Environment Revision

Question 1

Ice core evidence goes back..

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800,000 years

Question 2

What scale defines the five categories for tropical storms?

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Saffir-Simpson

Question 3

What are the 4 approaches which aim to reduce the damage caused by volcanoes and earthquakes?

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Prediction, protection, planning and monitoring.

Question 4

The difference between the 308 people killed in Italian earthquake & 8841 killed in Nepal is...

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Around 8500, 8533

Question 5

Name this LIC country...

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Nepal

Question 6

How many people were killed by Typhoon Haiyan?

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6190

Question 7

How long did it take for one million food packs and 250,000 litres of water to be distributed?

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1 week

Question 8

What was done to reduce looting after the storm?

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A curfew was imposed

Question 9

From what decade do some scientists suggest there has been an increase in extreme temp in UK?

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1980s

Question 10

Which of these is NOT 1 of the 3 ways tropical storms can affect people and the environment?

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Cholera

Question 11

How do continental and oceanic crust differ?

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chemical composition, thickness and density.

Question 12

SO2, CO2 and Ash from volcanoes can temporarily _______________ reducing global temps by 0.5°C

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absorb and block

Question 13

If the natural greenhouse effect did not exist, the earth would be an uninhabitable..

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33°C colder

Question 14

Which of these is NOT a likely effect of climate change?

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People in LICs develop more varied diets

Question 15

How high was the storm surge at Leyte and Tacloban?

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5 m

Question 16

Why might people live in a place at risk of tectonic hazards?

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Mining - e.g. for sulphur in Indonesia, Geothermal energy, Tourism - a way to make money!, Farming - volcanic soils are fertile

Question 17

What constitutes a drought in the UK?

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15 consecutive days with less than <0.2 mm of rain per day.

Question 18

The River Derwent triggered landslides and tore away 100s of trees damaging local ecosystems..

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These are environmental impacts

Question 19

What is one piece of scientific evidence for climate change?

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Sea levels have risen 19cm since 1900., Ocean temperatures are warmest since 1850

Question 20

Strategies to deal with cause of problem, reducing GHG emissions and protecting carbon sinks..

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Are examples of mitigation

Question 21

Name this tower destroyed as a primary effect in Kathmandu.

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Dharahara Tower

Question 22

The longest drought in the UK was an 18 month period during..

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1975-6

Question 23

In what year did the Gorkha, Nepal earthquake occur?

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2015

Question 24

Define 'Natural Hazard'

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An event with potential to cause damage, destruction death, An event that threatens people

Question 25

The enhanced greenhouse effect is caused by...

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Thicker layer of greenhouse gases due to human activity

Question 26

What is a 'top-down' action that can be taken to protect communities?

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Authorities make decisions

Question 27

Identify this type of plate boundary...

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conservative

Question 28

The low pressure zone around the Equator is called the ... (best answer)

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Inter Tropical Convergence Zone

Question 29

What did Facebook do to help out?

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Introduced feature so people could indicate they were 'safe'

Question 30

Other than those killed, primary affects included...

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10-15,000 buildings collapsed, 1,500 people injured, 67,500 people made homeess

Question 31

Have you learned something from this quiz?

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Yes

Question 32

Many businesses closed for a long time and six important bridges were destroyed. These are...

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economic impacts

Question 33

If the calmest part of a tropical storm is the Eye, where is the most destructive part?

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Eye Wall

Question 34

What three ways might humans be causing climate change?

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Burning Fossil Fuels, Agriculture and Deforestation

Question 35

There are three natural cycles of changes in the Earth's orbit. These were first observed by..

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Milutin Milankovićh

Question 36

The oil barge running aground and spilling 800,000 litres of oil is an example of...

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A secondary effect

Question 37

What % of Philippines GDP was made up of coconut, rice and sugarcane production?

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12.7%

Question 38

What do we call the weak upper portion of the mantle?

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Asthenosphere

Question 39

Who provides warnings and information for extreme weather in the UK?

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The Environment Agency

Question 40

Which is NOT 1 of the 4 types of flooding associated with extreme weather in the UK.

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Landslide

Question 41

Name the county in our 2009 UK flooding example.

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Cumbria

Question 42

Name the process where denser oceanic plate sinks under the continental plate.

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subducted

Question 43

The two epochs within the Quaternary are known as...

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Pleistocene and Holocene

Question 44

In the northern hemisphere what direction to tropical storms usually travel?

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north west

Question 45

When did Typhoon Haiyan take place?

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November 2013

Question 46

Secondary effects are...

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Indirect impacts, sometimes on a longer scale

Question 47

At what time did the L'Aquila earthquake strike?

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3.32 am

Question 48

Solar heating of the Earth varies with...

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Latitude

Question 49

A police officer was killed and 1500 homes were flooded .. these are examples of

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social impacts

Question 50

Strategies thatrespond to the climate change impacts and tries to make people less vulnerable..

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Are examples of adaptation

Question 51

What can a mangrove forest do to protect from tropical storms?

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Trees reduce wind energy, Reducing wave energy, They can trap debris

Question 52

This image shows the path of which tropical storm?

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Typhoon Haiyan

Question 53

On the weather chart for 19th November 2009, what do the many fainter lines represent?

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isobars - where the same air pressure is found

Question 54

Identify this type of plate boundary.

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destructive

Question 55

What is the difference between layers D and C?

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D is solid, C is liquid.

Question 56

We can also get proxy evidence for the longer term.. an example of which is...

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Analysis of tree rings, Oxygen isotope ice core evidence

Question 57

How is climate change expected to affect tropical storms?

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More unpredicable

Question 58

Overall cost of the Nepalese damage was ...

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US $ 6.7 billion

Question 59

What is the area where two plates meet called?

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Plate margin, Plate boundary

Question 60

How many people were killed in the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake?

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308

Question 61

An example of a bottom-up strategy used during UK extreme weather is...

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People sharing information with twitter hashtag #UKstorms

Question 62

Some argue climate change is natural. What three arguments are there to support this?

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Solar output, Orbital changes and Volcanic activity.

Question 63

Milankovićh suggests three orbital changes are:

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Axis wobble, Axis tilt and Orbital shape (eccentricity)

Question 64

What caused 19 people to die at Everest Base Camp?

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Avalanche

Natural Hazards - AQA Living w/t Physical Environment Revision

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Natural Hazards - AQA Living w/t Physical Environment Revision

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