- Define natural hazards.
- Classify hazards as being human or natural. Natural hazards should be classified as tectonic, atmospheric or mass movements.
- Discuss various hazards. For each hazard students should be able to describe the causes, consequences and management strategies.
- Discuss ways in which natural hazards are measured - e.g. Richter Scale, Modified Mercalli Scale, Saffir-Simpson Scale.
- Discuss the following natural hazards: earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, hurricanes, heat waves and drought.
- Show an understanding of plate tectonics - the evidence for it, constructive boundaries, destructive boundaries, conservative boundaries and collision boundaries.
- Discuss 'human hazards' such as the geography of disease (AIDS, Bird Flu), the geography of crime, the drug trade.
- Describe the reasons for why people live in areas subjected to hazards.
- Describe and show understanding for how the human cost of hazards tends to be higher in LEDCs but the damage cost tends to be higher in MEDCs.
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