AQA GCSE Geography - Natural Hazards

Atmospheric hazards - answer-natural hazards associated with Earth's atmosphere, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, wind, snow, drought, lightning and rain Drought - answer-a long, continuous period of dry weather Earthquake - answer-a sudden or violent movement within the Earth's crust followed by a series of shocks Fatalities - answer-deaths caused by disasters or accidents River flood - answer-where river discharge exceeds river channel capacity and water spills onto the floodplain Geological hazards - answer-natural hazards associated with Earth's geological processes, such as volcanoes, landslides, mudflows, avalanches and earthquakes Hazard risk - answer-the probability or chance that a natural hazard may take place Landslides - answer-the movement of rock, earth or debris down the slope of a hill Mudflow - answer-when saturated soil and weak rock flow down a slope Natural disaster - answer-when a natural event, or hazard, impacts on human activities Natural hazard - answer-a natural event that a poses a threat to humans and/or property