ELS (LG4) Flashcards
Actions to reduce impact of hazard
Mitigations
Adjusting to natural hazard
Adaptation
Natural continuous or recurring activities that shapes the earth’s surface
Geologic processes
Natural events that pose threat to human
Geologic hazards
Movements of the earths crustal plate
Plate tectonics
Cause of movements of tectonic plates
Convection currents
Process which rocks and minerals break down through process of physical, chemical, or biological
weathering
Abundant element on earth
Silicate
When rocks are fractured
Mechanical weathering
When rock react with environmental chemical
Chemical weathering
Breakdown of rocks by living organism
Biological weathering
the process by which sediments combine to form sedimentary rocks
Lithification
Movement of rock, solid, and debris down a slope due to gravity
Mass wasting
Removing trees
Deforestation
Counter for deforestation
reforestation
extracting mineral
mining
building infrastracture
Construction
Release of energy in the earth’s crust
Earthquakes