Exam 5: Introduction to Natural Hazards

Why might global climate change impact the magnitude and frequency of hazardous events?

Land use planning is an important anticipatory response to natural hazards.

Natural hazards are always damaging and never beneficial.

Most natural hazards are non-repetitive events.

The ________ of an event is the amount of energy released.

Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans when a(n) ________ broke.

A catastrophe is an event that requires a long recovery period.

How is the risk of a particular event defined?

One benefit of volcanic eruptions is nutrient-rich ________.

The magnitude and frequency of a natural hazard are typically inversely related.

Natural hazards are ________ events; therefore, an examination of their history provides important clues.

A(n) ________ response has to do with the impact of and recovery from hazards.

Why is history important in understanding natural hazards?

A deadly eruption of the Columbian volcano ________ provided lessons concerning the dissemination of scientific predictions of natural hazards.

A(n) ________ response has to do with the perception, avoidance, and adjustment to hazards.

Volcanic eruptions are one of the few natural hazards that have no benefit to humans.

A(n) ________ is a disaster from which recovery is long and involved.

The recurrence interval of an event, also known as its ________, is typically inversely related to the event's magnitude.

Global climate change is not likely to alter natural hazard frequency because most hazards are not related to climate.