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GCSE Geography · key term
Something with the potential to cause harm, such as moving traffic or slippery rocks.
Used by AQA and Edexcel
Paper 3
Revise: Fieldwork Planning and Data CollectionRisk assessment means identifying hazards, considering who could be harmed and how, deciding precautions, recording and implementing them, and reviewing the assessment if circumstances change.
Specification 2.8 · Paper 1
An event or process that has the potential to harm people, property, economic activities or ecosystems.
Revise: Drought Hazards and Rainfall TrendsThe hazards therefore reinforce one another: a prolonged water shortage can damage food production, weaken livelihoods and degrade the environments on which people depend.
For a risk question, link a specific hazard to possible harm, then explain how the precaution reduces that risk.
Explain hazards as linked chains: reduced rainfall → lower water supplies → crop losses → reduced food supply and farm income.
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