Quick Questions: Natural Hazards (Climatic)
1. What is a climatic hazard?
2. What is a tropical storm?
3. Where do tropical storms develop?
4. Why do tropical storms lose strength over land?
5. How long do tropical storms usually last?
6. Describe two characteristics of the eyewall in a tropical storm.
7. Describe four primary impacts of tropical storms.
8. Describe four secondary impacts of tropical storms.
9. Give three reasons why the impacts of tropical storms are more severe in LEDCs.
10. Give two reasons why people continue to live in the areas where tropical storms happen.
11. Describe how tropical storms can be predicted.
12. Describe two ways buildings can be designed to withstand a tropical storm.
13. Why is it expensive to predict tropical storms?
14. a) Name and LEDC and an MEDC where a tropical storm or drought caused a disaster.
b) Describe two primary impacts and two secondary impacts of each disaster.
c) Explain why the severity of the impacts was different in the two places.
15. What is a drought?
16. Why are water supplies depleted during a drought?
17. Describe one climatic condition that causes droughts to happen.
18. Give one reason why people continue to live in the areas where droughts happen.
19. Describe two primary impacts of a drought.
20. Describe five secondary impacts of a drought.
21. How does overgrazing increase the impacts of droughts?
22. What are drought-resistant crops?
23. Describe one reason why the impacts of droughts are more severe in LEDCs.
24. Explain how efficient irrigation can reduce the impacts of droughts/
25. Give two examples of how people can conserve water at home to reduce the impacts of droughts.
26. a) Give two ways to increase water supplies.
b) Why does increasing water supplies reduce the impacts of droughts?
27. Explain how aid can be used to help reduce the impacts of droughts.
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