Hazard basics!

Question 1

What is Natural Hazard?

Answer 1

Threat of something happening

Question 2

What is Natural Disaster?

Answer 2

Happened and causes significant damage to both life and property!

Question 3

What is Natural Event?

Answer 3

Happened, but nobody was impacted!

Question 4

List 4 structure of the earth!

In order!

Answer 4

1. Crust
2. Mantle
3. Outer Core
4. Inner Core

Question 5

What is crust?

Answer 5

Outer layer, it has oceanic and continental crust.

Question 6

Physical description of oceanic Crust?

Answer 6

Thin and dense!

Question 7

Physical description of continental Crust?

Answer 7

Thick and buoyant

Question 8

What is mantle?

Answer 8

Made up of magma and very hot!

Question 9

What is Outer Core?

Answer 9

Made up of iron and nickel in liquid form. It is 5500 degrees Celsius!

Question 10

What is Inner Core?

Answer 10

Made up of iron and nickel in solid form. It is 6000 degrees Celsius

Question 11

What is the Hot spot?

Answer 11

Outer core, concentrating radioactive material!

Question 12

How do plates moves?

Answer 12

Mantle warms up by the hotspot and rise, friction built up, therefore plates move!

Question 13

Evidence for plate tectonics!

Answer 13

1. Fossils = Same fossils found on 2 different continent!