AQA A LEVEL GEOGRAPHY - HAZARDS EXAM AND ANSWERS.docx

AQA A LEVEL GEOGRAPHY - HAZARDS EXAM AND
ANSWERS




Hazard - correct answer Something that is a potential threat to human life or property.
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Natural hazards - correct answer Are caused by natural processes
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What are the three types of natural hazards? - correct answer Geophysical hazards, atmospheric hazards and
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Disaster - correct answer When a hazard actually seriously affects humans.
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Vulnerability - correct answer How susceptible a population is to the damage caused by a hazard.
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Impacts of hazards - correct answer Hazards can have significant impact while they are occurring and often
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need an emergency response. Impacts can also go on for a long time after the Hazard has passed.
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, How do you people circumstances affect their perception of hazards? - correct answer People view hazards in
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different ways for example some people believe that they will never experience a hazard and some adapt their
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lifestyle to minimise risk and some accept hazards as being beyond their control
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How do peoples circumstances affect the perception of hazards? - correct answer Their perceptions are
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affected by their economic social and cultural background. Wealth if they can afford to move away, religion
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some people feel they are acts of God to punish people, education they have a better understanding of the
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risks and how they may be able to reduce them past experiences and personality.
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There are many responses to hazards that individuals and the government may take, to try to reduce
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vulnerability and its impacts. - correct answer People may try to prevent a hazard or juices magnitude for
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example building flood defences. v v v v




Risk sharing involves sharing the cost of reducing hazard, the benefits of preventing it and the cost of not
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People may try to mitigate the impacts of a hazard this could be by protection and adaptation.
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Fatalism

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Hazard incidence - correct answer How often a Hazard occurs.
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Magnitude or intensity - correct answer How powerful the hazard is v v v v v v v v v v




Distribution - correct answer The areal extent of the hazard. v v v v v v v v v




Low incidence and high magnitude hazards are - correct answer More destructive.
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Level of development can affect how well countries manage hazards affectively - correct answer Because of
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lack of wealth and technology.
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What does the park model show? - correct answer The park model shows the different phases of response to a
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hazard.