GEOGRAPHY EDEXCEL A LEVEL PAPER 1
QUESTION & ANSWERS 2024
Natural Hazard - Correct Answers ✅A naturally occurring process
or event that has the potential to effect people.
Natural Disaster - Correct Answers ✅A major natural hazard that
causes significant social, economic and environmental change.
Vulnerability - Correct Answers ✅The ability to anticipate, cope
with, resist and recover from a natural hazard.
Resilience - Correct Answers ✅The ability to bounce back after a
natural hazard.
When does a natural hazard become a natural disaster. - Correct
Answers ✅A disaster occurs when a hazard strikes a vulnerable
population that cannot cope with the impacts using its own resources.
The scale of the disaster will depend on two factors:
1. The magnitude of the disaster
2. The vulnerability of the population
Degg's model - Correct Answers ✅A good way of portraying the
magnitude of the disaster and the vulnerability of the population and
how they interrelate. The greater the overlap the bigger the disaster
will be.
,GEOGRAPHY EDEXCEL A LEVEL PAPER 1
QUESTION & ANSWERS 2024
Physical causes of Haiti earthquake natural disaster - Correct Answers
✅- Haiti sits on a fault line between North America and Caribbean
plates
- Earthquake of magnitude 7.0 near the capital.
- Liquefaction on looser soil can make foundations unstable and
collapse.
- Shallow focus
- Epicentre close to the capital which effected country's ability to cope.
Human causes of Haiti earthquake natural disaster - Correct Answers
✅- Haiti is a poor country with weak governance so there is a lack of
preparation.
- Haiti has poorly constructed buildings which are likely to collapse.
- Dense environment made it hard to recover.
- Lack of awareness of what to do
- Local people did not have adequate resources
Earthquake social primary effects - Correct Answers ✅- Deaths
- Injuries
- Homelessness
- Destruction of schools
,GEOGRAPHY EDEXCEL A LEVEL PAPER 1
QUESTION & ANSWERS 2024
- Destruction of hospitals
Earthquake social secondary effects - Correct Answers ✅- Loss of
livelihood
- Spreading of disease
- Prevalent mental distress
- People left without an option of recovery
Earthquake economic primary effects - Correct Answers ✅-
Financial cost of the disaster and rebuilding
- Cost of rescue services
- People left jobless
- Destruction of factories
- Destruction of crops
- Destruction of travel infrastructure
Earthquake economic secondary effects - Correct Answers ✅- Cost
of repair services
- Prevents access from emergency services
- Less money generated for the economy to recover
- Famine
, GEOGRAPHY EDEXCEL A LEVEL PAPER 1
QUESTION & ANSWERS 2024
Earthquake environmental primary effects - Correct Answers ✅-
Destruction of historic landmarks
- Landslides
- Crumbling of geology
Earthquake environmental secondary effects - Correct Answers ✅-
Landslides can kill off populations and badly damage ecosystems
- Less investment in the area
- Ground is too unstable to build on
Earth structure - Correct Answers ✅The core
The mantle
The crust
Earth - The Core - Correct Answers ✅at the centre, this consists of
two parts
- The inner core
- The outer core
Earth - The inner core - Correct Answers ✅At the very centre of the
earth, and is the hottest part. It is solid and mostly consists of iron.
QUESTION & ANSWERS 2024
Natural Hazard - Correct Answers ✅A naturally occurring process
or event that has the potential to effect people.
Natural Disaster - Correct Answers ✅A major natural hazard that
causes significant social, economic and environmental change.
Vulnerability - Correct Answers ✅The ability to anticipate, cope
with, resist and recover from a natural hazard.
Resilience - Correct Answers ✅The ability to bounce back after a
natural hazard.
When does a natural hazard become a natural disaster. - Correct
Answers ✅A disaster occurs when a hazard strikes a vulnerable
population that cannot cope with the impacts using its own resources.
The scale of the disaster will depend on two factors:
1. The magnitude of the disaster
2. The vulnerability of the population
Degg's model - Correct Answers ✅A good way of portraying the
magnitude of the disaster and the vulnerability of the population and
how they interrelate. The greater the overlap the bigger the disaster
will be.
,GEOGRAPHY EDEXCEL A LEVEL PAPER 1
QUESTION & ANSWERS 2024
Physical causes of Haiti earthquake natural disaster - Correct Answers
✅- Haiti sits on a fault line between North America and Caribbean
plates
- Earthquake of magnitude 7.0 near the capital.
- Liquefaction on looser soil can make foundations unstable and
collapse.
- Shallow focus
- Epicentre close to the capital which effected country's ability to cope.
Human causes of Haiti earthquake natural disaster - Correct Answers
✅- Haiti is a poor country with weak governance so there is a lack of
preparation.
- Haiti has poorly constructed buildings which are likely to collapse.
- Dense environment made it hard to recover.
- Lack of awareness of what to do
- Local people did not have adequate resources
Earthquake social primary effects - Correct Answers ✅- Deaths
- Injuries
- Homelessness
- Destruction of schools
,GEOGRAPHY EDEXCEL A LEVEL PAPER 1
QUESTION & ANSWERS 2024
- Destruction of hospitals
Earthquake social secondary effects - Correct Answers ✅- Loss of
livelihood
- Spreading of disease
- Prevalent mental distress
- People left without an option of recovery
Earthquake economic primary effects - Correct Answers ✅-
Financial cost of the disaster and rebuilding
- Cost of rescue services
- People left jobless
- Destruction of factories
- Destruction of crops
- Destruction of travel infrastructure
Earthquake economic secondary effects - Correct Answers ✅- Cost
of repair services
- Prevents access from emergency services
- Less money generated for the economy to recover
- Famine
, GEOGRAPHY EDEXCEL A LEVEL PAPER 1
QUESTION & ANSWERS 2024
Earthquake environmental primary effects - Correct Answers ✅-
Destruction of historic landmarks
- Landslides
- Crumbling of geology
Earthquake environmental secondary effects - Correct Answers ✅-
Landslides can kill off populations and badly damage ecosystems
- Less investment in the area
- Ground is too unstable to build on
Earth structure - Correct Answers ✅The core
The mantle
The crust
Earth - The Core - Correct Answers ✅at the centre, this consists of
two parts
- The inner core
- The outer core
Earth - The inner core - Correct Answers ✅At the very centre of the
earth, and is the hottest part. It is solid and mostly consists of iron.
