Unit 10: Option D — Geophysical Hazards
Topic 10.3: Hazard risk and vulnerability Questions
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The table compares two earthquakes of similar magnitude.
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Outline how one feature of a community's age or dependency structure raises or lowers how badly an earthquake affects it.
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Two quakes of similar magnitude cause very different death tolls because of differences in…
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Explain how the quality of a country's governance changes its risk from earthquakes.
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The table shows the age structure and earthquake deaths of two towns.
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Give one reason why residents might underestimate the risk of a geophysical hazard where they live, and develop it.
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Explain how one demographic feature of a population raises or lowers its risk from a volcanic eruption.
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Explain how one economic feature of a population raises or lowers its risk from a volcanic eruption.
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Explain why some communities are more vulnerable than others to geophysical hazards, using one economic and one social reason.
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Which condition would lower a community's vulnerability to an earthquake?
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Capacity to cope with a hazard mainly depends on…
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In hazard geography, vulnerability describes how…
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Why did the 2010 Haiti earthquake kill far more people than a similar-size quake in a rich country?
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Examine why two earthquakes of similar magnitude can produce very different human impacts.
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Examine how far economic factors, rather than social factors, determine how vulnerable communities are to geophysical hazards.
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