Today's objectives -

• To learn what is meant by catastrophic events and natural disasters.
  
• To learn the causes of different natural disasters.
  
• To learn how human activity increases the likelihood of disasters.
  
• To learn how the severity of disasters is dependent on location.

Vocabulary -

Natural disaster -
Earthquake -
Volcanic eruption -
Meteorite impact -
Hurricane -
Drought -
Flood -
Landslide -
Tsunami -
Strain -
Fault -
Earthquake magnitude -
Explosive eruption -
Non-explosive eruption -
Microclimate -
Angle of repose -

Lecture Outline -

Natural disasters defined
The importance of human activity
Earthquakes - definition, causes, impacts
Volcanic eruptions - definition, causes, impacts
Meteorite impacts - definition, causes, impacts
Hurricanes - definition, causes, impacts
Droughts - definition, causes, impacts
Landslides - definition, causes, impacts
Tsunamis - definition, causes, impacts