Part 2 = Unit 2 Test Review (World in Spatial Terms)

All are examples of natural hazards EXCEPT:

Possible effects that can occur because of natural disasters include health, social, political, economic & environmental

What type of natural hazard is this?

There are no warning systems for natural hazards.

To show preparedness, means to be ready for action and have a plan for natural disasters.

The four natural elements that can explain physical processes on earth are:

What type of natural hazard is this?

Physical processes are natural forces that can be explained scientifically & that produce change / development on earth.

In order to become a natural hazard, natural physical processes have to be extreme.

Mitigation is to make things harder, more severe, and more violent.

To be considered a natural disaster, damage & destruction of property and/or death & injury of humans must occur.

A tornado is a violent, rotating funnel of air that does not need to touch the ground to be considered a tornado.

Risk factors influence how serious the effects are of a natural disaster. Which of these are risk factors?

Every country has the exact same effects of natural disasters.

What type of natural disaster is this?

The sum of susceptibility, lack of coping capacities, and lack of adaptive capabilities is: