Geography Flashcards
What is the difference between a hazard and a danger?
A hazard is immediate effect on environment, danger is immediate physical or chemical effect.
Why and how do tectonic plates move?
The heat from radioactive processes within the plates interior causes the plate to move
How does a earthquake occur at a constructive plate boundary?
The tectonic plates are moving away from each other
How does a earthquake occur at a conservative plate boundary
Plates move along each other In opposite ways
Destructive plate boundary
When two plates move towards each other
how do earthquakes happen?
they happen when two tectonic plates move together, or away from each other.
what is the difference between magma and lava
magma is the extremely hot liquid under the earths surface. when a volcano erupts, the magma flows out, and it is then called lava.
Where do hurricanes form
Over the ocean
What scale Is used to measure hurricanes
The staffier Simpson scale
Why do hurricanes form
They need a lot of heat and moisture
