1. A natural hazard is a threat of a naturally occurring event that will have a negative effect on people or the environment.
2. A natural hazard is a threat of a naturally occurring event that will have a negative effect on people or the environment. A natural disaster is when a natural hazard impacts on an Australian community.
3. Those related to weather and climatic factors and those related to movements in the Earth’s crust.
4. Weather - drought, flood, heatwaves, bushfires, strong winds, storms, tropical cyclones and tornados. Earth's crust - landslides, earth tremors, earthquakes and tsunamis.
5. It would be more noticeable because of the amount of people affected by the hazard.
6. Livestock and crops would die and droughts cause heat from the sun leading to bushfires.
7. There are three types which include Social impacts—loss of life, and stresses placed on families and people, as well as the destruction of community structures and facilities. Economic impacts—such as the loss of income for people or damage to an industry, loss and destruction of property, and insurance losses. Environmental impacts—the destruction of the natural and human environment.
8. It is important to study natural hazards so we know what can happen and how to deal with it when it happens.
9. It is used to predict where a natural hazard may occur and how likely it is to occur.
10.
a. The most costly would include tropical cyclones, floods and bushfires.
b. Heatwaves were responsible for the greatest loss of human life in the 20th century.
11.
a. Local councils - Set up to prepare for the natural hazards.
b. State governments -
c. Emergency services - They could place emergency services near areas where there is likely to be natural hazards.
d. Insurance companies -
