AQA 9-1: Natural Hazards & Climate Change

Question 1

How would Volcanic Activity cause the climate to change?

Accepted Answer

Make the climate cooler

Question 2

Protection Is one way we can reduce the tectonic tectonic hazards. Which definition matches up

Accepted Answer

Designing buildings that will withstand tectonic hazards

Question 3

Which cell impacts the UK?

Accepted Answer

Polar and Ferrel

Question 4

What is the correct definition of a plate margin?

Accepted Answer

Where each plate meets another plate

Question 5

Which one of the options below is NOT a type of plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

Subduction plate margin

Question 6

Which of these was a human cause of flooding in the Somerset Levels?

Accepted Answer

Rivers had not been dredged in 20 years

Question 7

Monitoring Is one way we can reduce the tectonic tectonic hazards. Which definition matches up

Accepted Answer

Using scientific equipment to detect warnings signs of event

Question 8

State the description - A build up of pressure lead to a large volcanic eruption

Accepted Answer

Destructive plate boundary

Question 9

What plate boundary does the picture represent?

Accepted Answer

Conservative plate margin

Question 10

What is the name for the highlighted point?

Accepted Answer

Outer Core

Question 11

Which cell is found above and below the equator?

Accepted Answer

Hadley

Question 12

Which options explain why people still live in tectonic areas?

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Areas for good settlements, Monitoring, Time scale, Wealth levels

Question 13

Which example will have more deaths?

Accepted Answer

Nepal

Question 14

What was the issue with Typhoon Haiyan, 2013?

Accepted Answer

The tropical storm took a different path from the predicted

Question 15

Which one is going to take longer to recover?

Accepted Answer

Nepal

Question 16

In what seasons do tropical storms occur?

Accepted Answer

Summer-Autumn

Question 17

State the description - San Francisco felt large tremors as pressure along the fault line

Accepted Answer

Conservative plate boundary

Question 18

Which one killed 9000 people?

Accepted Answer

Nepal

Question 19

What plate boundary does the picture represent?

Accepted Answer

Constructive plate margin

Question 20

What plate boundary does the picture represent?

Accepted Answer

Destructive plate margin

Question 21

What reason for still living in tectonic areas does this picture represent?

Accepted Answer

Education

Question 22

Which of these is not seen as evidence for Climate Change?

Accepted Answer

Eccentricity of the Earth's Orbit

Question 23

What is the name of the process that moves the tectonic plates around?

Accepted Answer

Convection currents

Question 24

What does the "eccentricity" of the earth's orbit mean?

Accepted Answer

The path of the earth as it orbits the sun

Question 25

What is meant by the term Humid?

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Hot and Wet

Question 26

What is actually moving?

Accepted Answer

tectonic plates

Question 27

What are tropical storms called in South-East Asia?

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Typhoons

Question 28

State the description - Lava poured from the earth and was very runny. It traveled miles

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Constructive plate boundary

Question 29

Which example will have the better internal responses?

Accepted Answer

Christchurch

Question 30

State what impact or response this is - The army is sent in to assist in any way possible

Accepted Answer

Immediate response

Question 31

What was our HIC Example of an earthquake?

Accepted Answer

Christchurch

Question 32

What is the name for the highlighted point?

Accepted Answer

Crust

Question 33

Give the correct definition for Long term response

Accepted Answer

Responses that go on for months and years after a disaster

Question 34

Planning Is one way we can reduce the tectonic tectonic hazards. Which definition matches up

Accepted Answer

Identifying and avoiding places most at risk

Question 35

Prediction Is one way we can reduce the tectonic tectonic hazards. Which definition matches up

Accepted Answer

Using historical evidence and monitoring to make predictions

Question 36

Which gas is mainly responsible for the greenhouse effect?

Accepted Answer

Carbon Dioxide

Question 37

What are the conditions like at the EYE WALL?

Accepted Answer

Most intense strong winds and rain

Question 38

What cause of climate change is shown in the image?

Accepted Answer

Sunspots

Question 39

Which of these is NOT a weather hazard to hit the UK?

Accepted Answer

Tropical Storms

Question 40

Which of these brings cold air to the UK?

Accepted Answer

Air from the East, Arctic Air from the North

Question 41

What is the name for the highlighted point?

Accepted Answer

Inner Core

Question 42

Which example occured in April 2015?

Accepted Answer

Nepal

Question 43

CASE STUDY: When did the Somerset Levels occur?

Accepted Answer

December 2013-Feb 2014

Question 44

What happens to a tropical storm once it meets land?

Accepted Answer

It decreases in power

Question 45

State what impact or response this is - Early warning systems can be installed

Accepted Answer

Long term response

Question 46

What is meant by climate change adaptation?

Accepted Answer

Changing lifestyle to fit with climate change

Question 47

What was our LIC Example of an earthquake?

Accepted Answer

Nepal

Question 48

Why is the desert hot and dry? (There are 2 correct answers)

Accepted Answer

Lack of cloud means it is cold at night, Air is falling

Question 49

What air pressure is found around the Hadley-Ferrell Cell boundary (where there are deserts)

Accepted Answer

High (air falling)

Question 50

Which of these is an economic impact of the Somerset Levels floods?

Accepted Answer

Council estimated the cost to be over £10million

Question 51

What reason for still living in tectonic areas does this picture represent?

Accepted Answer

Building design

Question 52

What happens to the air as it rises?

Accepted Answer

It cools to form clouds

Question 53

Which of these is climate change mitigation?

Accepted Answer

Alternative Energy Sources

Question 54

Which example occured in February 2010?

Accepted Answer

Christchurch

Question 55

Which of these conditions is NOT required for a tropical storm to form?

Accepted Answer

Large Land Mass

Question 56

What does Climate Change Mitigation mean?

Accepted Answer

Managing the causes of climate change

Question 57

What reason for still living in tectonic areas does this picture represent?

Accepted Answer

Natural resources

Question 58

What is the name for the highlighted point?

Accepted Answer

Mantle

Question 59

State the description - A violent earthquake shook the ground there was no volcano

Accepted Answer

Conservative plate boundary

Question 60

Give the correct definition for Primary Impact

Accepted Answer

Are caused directly by the hazard - buildings are destroyed.

Question 61

What air pressure is required for high precipitation?

Accepted Answer

Low

Question 62

Which options describe the oceanic crust?

Accepted Answer

Denser (weighs more), Younger - Normally around 200 million years old.

Question 63

Which options describe the continental crust?

Accepted Answer

Older - Normally around 1.5 billion years old, Lighter - Does not subduct which means it is not recycled

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