Geographical Phenomena/Process Flashcards
What are Hurricanes?
What are Volcanoes?
What are Coral Reefs?
What are Earthquakes?
What are Floods?
What are Droughts?
What is Soil Erosion?
What are the types of Coral Reefs?
Barrier Reef, Atoll Reef and Fringing Reef
What are the types of Floods?
When is Hurricane season in the Caribbean?
June 1 to November 30
What is used to measure a hurricane?
What is used to measure an earthquake?
What is used to measure the movement of an earthquake?
What are Plate Tectonics?
What are the types of plate boundaries?
Convergent, Divergent and Transform
Name three plates that are located near the Caribbean
Cocos Plate, Caribbean Plate and Nazca Plate
What are some methods that can prevent soil erosion?
Afforestation, Terracing, Crop Rotation
State three threats to coral reefs
Water pollution, Tourism and loss of mangroves
How does water pollution affect mangroves?
How can tourism affect coral reefs?
How can loss of mangroves affect coral reefs?
How can deforestation lead to soil erosion?
State three benefits of volcanoes
State three negative impacts of volcanoes
State five negative impacts of hurricanes
State five negative impacts of floods
State five negative impacts of drought
State five negative impacts of earthquakes
State five negative impacts of soil erosion
