Hazard Risk Management YR 11 Geog

Refers to how features or objects are arranged on the Earth's surface.

• mitigation

• response

• Spatial distribution

• Spatial association

When examining spatial distribution which patterns can be identified (select all that apply)

• Uniform

• Random

• Concentration
• Clustered

Refers to the degree or the relationship to which features are similarly distributed.

• Spatial distribution

• Spatial association

• association

• distribution

T or F: There is a strong spatial association between plate boundaries and the distribution of volcanoes and earthquakes.

• True

• False

refers to examining the distribution of hazards over time and how long these hazard events last

• Temporal distribution

• spatial distribution

• spatial association

When determining the severity of a hazard the following are examined: (select all that apply)

• Magnitude

• Duration

• Frequency

• Probability

The measurement of the strength or intensity of a hazard.

• Magnitude

• duration

• frequency

• probability

the length of time that a hazard event lasts

• frequency

• duration

• magnitude

• scale of spatial impact

the number of times an area experiences a hazard

• magnitude

• duration

• frequency

the likelihood of a hazard event occurring in a particular location within a given time scale.

• probability

• duration

• frequency