Natural+Hazards

Natural Hazards and Man
 * Unit Question:** Can We Control Our Environment?
 * Area of Interaction:** Environment

What is a Natural Hazard?

[[file:Haiti.docx]]
Open the Document above. Connect to the story and answer questions on the sheet.?

Further Information: [] - Haiti disaster BBC report

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You will need to write a full explanation with a map of what caused the earthquake.

Great animated guide of Volcanoes Questions to consider Why do Volcanoes occur? Are all volcanoes the same? Why do people live in Volcanic areas?
 * Causes of Tectonic Hazards**
 * The Volcanic Hazard

Case Study: For the following you should know. Mount St. Helens. Montserrat,

Why did this volcano erupt What were the short term effects What were the long term effects Was the eruption predicted. How was it monitored? What was done to reduce loss of life, economic loss

The Earthquake Hazard Animation of causes Document of causes **

**Planning the location of a Hospital in An Earthquake Zone**
1. Intro Movie - go down to the San Francisco Earthquak**e 2. Open Google Earth

3. Download the that has all the overlays to go with the San Francisco File. Other helpful placemarks 1. Fault lines 2. Earthquake Probability in Bay Area -

Aim - You will be using the various layers on the left of google earth and the slider function to decide the best location for a new hospital in San Francisco.

4. When making a decision turn the layers on and off and use the slider. You need to consider -**
 * ** where are the plate margins **
 * ** Where is liquefaction or other hazards (landslides) likely to occur most **
 * ** Where are your customers **
 * ** What about transport links **

When you have decided upon a great location for a hospital a)** create a polygon showing the outline of the hospital b) Create a placemark over this polygon and write a description in the placemark **VERY CAREFULLY **using the** GUIDELINES **in the link below. This is VERY IMPORTANT that you do this. Much of this assessment is about following guidelines.

Use this guide to help you write your placemark correctly. Note - it is this that you are being assessed on.

Note: when you have finished. You need to right click on your placemark in the layers menu on the left. You then click "save place as" then call it yourname.kmz You then need to upload this .kmz file onto your wiki. I will not accept anything apart from this. You recieve 0.0 marks unless this is done.**