Lesson 3.1.1.1

3.1.1.1 Natural hazards Quiz: AQA Geography, Unit 1

20 questions

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Lesson 3.1.1.1, Natural hazards: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA GCSE Geography (8035), Unit 1: Living with the physical environment, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What makes a natural event classified as a natural hazard?

    • Physical power
    • High financial cost
    • Threat to humans
    • Global distribution

  2. Which of these natural events is classified as a tectonic hazard?

    • Earthquake
    • Tropical storm
    • Flash flood
    • Drought

  3. Which of these is a weather hazard rather than a tectonic hazard?

    • Tropical storm
    • Tsunami
    • Earthquake
    • Volcanic eruption

  4. Which factor directly increases the risk posed by a natural hazard?

    • Strong magnetic field
    • High population density
    • High ocean salinity
    • Low latitude

  5. In geography, how does a disaster differ from a hazard?

    • Hazards cause deaths
    • Disasters are predictable
    • Disasters cause damage
    • Hazards are human-made

  6. Dense populations and poorly constructed buildings increase an area's what?

    • Frequency
    • Latitude
    • Magnitude
    • Vulnerability

  7. How does lower economic wealth in a region affect its hazard risk?

    • Has no effect
    • Decreases risk
    • Increases risk
    • Prevents hazards

  8. Town B has 1,000,000 people and 500 deaths from a hazard. What is the death rate per 100,000 people?

    • 0.5
    • 500
    • 5
    • 50

  9. Why is a flood in an unpopulated valley not a natural hazard?

    • Short duration
    • Low water volume
    • No human threat
    • Lack of rainfall

  10. An earthquake occurs in the open ocean far from people. What is it?

    • A natural hazard
    • A natural event
    • A natural disaster
    • A tectonic crisis

  11. What does installing storm early warning systems directly reduce?

    • Storm frequency
    • Hazard risk
    • Storm magnitude
    • Storm duration

  12. How do strict building codes affect the impact of a tsunami?

    • Prevents earthquakes
    • Reduces damage
    • Increases magnitude
    • Increases frequency

  13. Rapid population growth in a flood zone directly causes an increase in what?

    • Flood frequency
    • Hazard risk
    • Flood magnitude
    • Rainfall volume

  14. Hazard risk measures the probability that people will be harmed by what?

    • Urban planning
    • A natural hazard
    • Deforestation
    • Climate change

  15. Why might identical earthquakes cause vastly different death tolls in different countries?

    • Varying solar radiation
    • Different crust thickness
    • Different moon phases
    • Varying building quality

  16. A hazard causes 40 deaths in a population of 80,000. A new plan halves the death rate. How many deaths would the same hazard cause in that population after the plan?

    • 40
    • 80
    • 20
    • 10

  17. What happens to a flood-prone town's hazard risk if its population doubles?

    • It decreases
    • It stays same
    • It increases
    • It becomes zero

  18. Which human factor can increase hazard risk without altering the physical event?

    • Ocean temperature
    • Poverty
    • Plate velocity
    • Wind speed

  19. What factor affecting hazard risk is reduced by relocating people away from floodplains?

    • Exposure
    • Physical geography
    • Hazard magnitude
    • Hazard frequency

  20. Which human action directly increases natural hazard risk by putting more people in danger?

    • Planting forests
    • Building sea walls
    • Issuing warnings
    • Building on floodplains

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