keywords

Question 1

adaptations

Answer 1

actions taken to adjust to natural events such as climate change to reduce damage, limit the impacts take opportunities or cope with consequences

Question 2

carbon footprints

Answer 2

measurement of greenhouse gases individuals produce through fossil fuels

Question 3

tsunami

Answer 3

huge waves caused by earthquakes under the sea

Question 4

tectonic hazrads

Answer 4

threats posed by earthquakes, volcanoes

Question 5

subduction

Answer 5

the transformation into magma of denser tectonic plates as it divers under a less dense plate

Question 6

secondary effects

Answer 6

the after effects of a disaster e.g. diseases spread due to dirty water, loss of economy due to destruction of business.

Question 7

response

Answer 7

the way in which people react to a situation e.g. an earthquake

Question 8

primary effects

Answer 8

impacts of a natural disasters that happen immediately or soon after the event

Question 9

prediction

Answer 9

forecasting the future

Question 10

plate margin

Answer 10

boundary between 2 tectonic plates

Question 11

plates

Answer 11

the large pieces of broken crust that cover the earth

Question 12

oceanic crust

Answer 12

the part of earth’s crust which is below the ocean

Question 13

magnitude

Answer 13

size of an earthquake

Question 14

focus

Answer 14

the point of origin of an earthquake

Question 15

epicentre

Answer 15

the point on the ground directly above the focus of the earthquake

Question 16

earthquake

Answer 16

a sudden or violent movement within the earth’s crust followed by a series of shock

Question 17

destructive plate boundaries

Answer 17

a plate margin where tectonics collide

Question 18

convection currents

Answer 18

circulating movements of the magma in the mantle caused by the heat of the core

Question 19

continental crust

Answer 19

the part of the earth’;s crust which makes the continents

Question 20

constructive plate boundaries

Answer 20

a plate margin were plates move apart

Question 21

conservative plate boundaries

Answer 21

where tectonics slide past each other

Question 22

climate change

Answer 22

a long term change in the earth’s climate especially a change due to an increase in the average atmospheric temperature