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Something that is an acceptable risk to one person is also acceptable to everyone else.

In order to be effective, natural hazard mitigation must do which of the following? Check all that apply. 

Why do lightning strikes have a low potential for catastrophe?

Risk assessments identify where a drought, wildfire, landslide, tornado, or other event is likely to occur, how frequently it may occur, and how severe its physical and/or biological effects may be.

Which of the following factors is used to calculate risk of a natural hazard? Check all that apply.

Fortunately, global warming is expected to have little impact on natural disasters and natural hazards.

Which of the following factors can influence vulnerability? Check all that apply.

Low magnitude (less damaging) natural hazards tend to occur more frequently than high magnitude (more damaging) natural hazards.

The 2010 earthquake in Haiti caused an extraordinarily high number of deaths, perhaps over 250,000, for a magnitude 7 earthquake. Which factor did NOT play a role as to why there so many deaths?

The amount of risk from a volcanic eruption depends on both the probability of an eruption and where the volcano is located with respect to people and property.