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Global Hazards Flashcards

1
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What are the 4 structures of the earth called?

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1 - Inner core
2 - Outer core
3 - The mantle
4 - The crust

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What is the inner core made up of?

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Its sold and its made up of iron and nickel

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3
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What temperature can the inner core reach?

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5500*c

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4
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What is the outer core made up of?

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It is a liquid layer and is made out of iron and nickel

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5
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How thick is the mantle?

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2900km

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6
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What is the mantle made up of?

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Semi-molten rock called magma

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7
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Is the rock in the mantle soft or hard?

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The rock is harder in the upper parts but then in the lower parts it is soft and begins to melt

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8
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How thick is the crust?

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0 - 60km

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9
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What state is the rock in the crust?

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It is hard

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10
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What are the two different types of crust?

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1 - Continental crust

2 - Oceanic Crust

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11
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What creates convection currents?

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Heat rising and falling inside the mantle

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12
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What are convection currents generated by?

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Radioactive decay in the core

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13
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What do plate tectonics create?

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Earthquakes and volcanoes

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What happens at a tensional, constructive or divergent boundary?

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The plates move apart

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What happens at a compressional, destructive or convergent boundary?

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The plates move towards each other

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16
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What happens at a conservative or transform boundary?

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The plates slide past each other

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17
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What can a destructive boundary also be called?

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A collision boundary

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18
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What are the 3 atmospheric cells called?

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Hadley, Ferrrel and the polar cell

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19
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What is the largest atmospheric cell called?

20
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Between what *C is the Hadley cell?

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30 - 40*C North and South

21
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What is the middle atmospheric cell called?

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The ferrel cell

22
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Between what *C is the ferrel cell?

23
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What is the smallest and weakest atmospheric cell?

24
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What *C is the polar cell?

25
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What temperatures does El Nino create?

26
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What temperatures does La Nina create?

27
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How long do La Nina and El Nino episodes last?

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9 - 12 months

28
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Which occurs more La Nina or El Nino?

29
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Which countries get warmer due to El Nino?

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Australia and North America

30
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What are the physical causes of tropical storms?

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They are over tropical and sub-tropical water between 5 - 30C North and South of the equator. The surface ocean above 26.5C & depth of at least 50 - 60m, and at least 500m away from the equator so Coriolis effect is strong enough to spin weather systems.

31
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What are some other names for tropical storms?

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Cyclones, Hurricanes and Typhoons

32
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Is a tropical storm at high or low pressure?

33
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How high do the wind speeds need to be to be classified as a tropical storm?

34
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What is the centre of the storm called?

35
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What is the most destructive part of the storm called?

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The eye wall

36
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How fast to the wind speeds need to be to be classified as a grade 5 hurricane?

37
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What are the physical causes of drought?

A

El Nino brings descending air & high pressure causing drought.

38
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What increases as global temps increase?

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Evaporation

39
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What happens in constructive plate boundaries?

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The plates move apart, the magma seeps up through the fissures , this faults and cools instantly causing solified rock, and also a shield volcano in the mid-Atlantic ridge

40
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What happens in destructive plate boundaries?

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The plates move towards each other - oceanic & continental and oc sub ducts as denser oc melts in the mantle causing a composite volcano. On the Eurasian plate

41
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What happens in conservative plate boundaries?

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They move along side each other, earthquakes can only be on the same side or opposite, sliding past one another e.g. on the San Andreas fault line

42
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What happens in destructive collision plate boundaries?

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When earthquakes only moving towards each other at the same densities, which buckle upwards anticline + syncline. The geosyncline sedimentary compressed layers fold mountains

43
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What is a hotspot?

A

A fixed point in the mantle which create intense heat in a mantle pume. The area of hot magma which are small and long-lasting which sustain volcanic activity. The magma erupts through the crust which then the pume reaches the crust causing the crus to dome and crack.

44
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Where is Haiti?

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In the northern hemisphere near Jamaica and Cubs

45
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Which plate boundary is Haiti on?

A

The Caribbean

46
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What type of plate boundary is Haiti on?

A

Destructive

47
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How many were made homeless due to Haiti?

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