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Natural Hazard - Correct Answer A naturally occurring process or event that has the potential to effect people. Natural Disaster - Correct Answer A major natural hazard that causes significant social, economic and environmental change. Vulnerability - Correct Answer The ability to anticipate, cope with, resist and recover from a natural hazard. Resilience - Correct Answer The ability to bounce back after a natural hazard. When does a natural hazard become a natural disaster. - Correct Answer 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 Answer 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. Physical causes of Haiti earthquake natural disaster - Correct Answer - 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 Answer - 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 Answer - Deaths - Injuries - Homelessness - Destruction of schools - Destruction of hospitals Earthquake social secondary effects - Correct Answer - Loss of livelihood - Spreading of disease - Prevalent mental distress - People left without an option of recovery Earthquake economic primary effects - Correct Answer - 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 Answer - Cost of repair services - Prevents access from emergency services - Less money generated for the economy to recover - Famine Earthquake environmental primary effects - Correct Answer - Destruction of historic landmarks - Landslides - Crumbling of geology Earthquake environmental secondary effects - Correct Answer - Landslides can kill off populations and badly damage ecosystems - Less investment in the area - Ground is too unstable to build on Earth structure - Correct Answer The core The mantle The crust Earth - The Core - Correct Answer at the centre, this consists of two parts - The inner core - The outer core Earth - The inner core - Correct Answer At the very centre of the earth, and is the hottest part. It is solid and mostly consists of iron. Earth - The outer core - Correct Answer Which is