natrual hazards Flashcards
what dose natural hazards cause?
death injury or property
What are the two main types of natural hazards?
Geological hazards
Meteorilogal hazards
3 ways geological hazards are caused
volcanoes and earthquakes, landslides and avalanches
how are Meteorological hazards caused?
Extreme weather
2 primary effect of a natural hazard?
buildings destroyed,
people injured or accounts,
crops/water supplies can be damaged
2 secondary effects of a natural hazard?
Aid cant get through
shortage of clean water
Food shortages
unemployment
what is 2 immediate natural hazards responses?
evacuate
Treat injured
Provide food drink and shelter
what are 2 long-term response to natural hazards?
repair or rehome
Repair building
Improve, forecasting
reconnect, broken electricity, water, gas, and communication connections
what are the three types of plate margins?
destructive margins
Constructive margins
Conservative margins
what is a destructive margin?
two plates to moving towards each other
what is a constructive margin
Two plates moving away from each other
What is a conservative margin?
two plates moving sideways past each other
Or the same direction, but a different speed
what two margins do volcanoes occur at?
Destructive and constructive
where do tectonic hazards occur?
Plate boundaries.
do earthquakes occur at all 3 margins?true or false?
true
