Natural Hazards Keywords

Question 0

Secondary effects

Answer 0

Those that result from primary effects

Question 1

Primary effects

Answer 1

Those resulting directly from the event itself

Question 2

Tsunamis

Answer 2

Large ocean waves caused by underwater earthquakes

Question 3

Richter scale

Answer 3

A measure of earthquake strength

Question 4

Aftershocks

Answer 4

Smaller tremors occurring after an earthquake

Question 5

Earth’s crust

Answer 5

The solid outer layer of the earth

Question 6

Tectonic plates

Answer 6

Large segments of the earth’s crust

Question 7

Mantle

Answer 7

The layer of the earth between the crust and the core

Question 8

Magma

Answer 8

Liquid rock below the earth’s surface

Question 9

Liquefaction

Answer 9

The loss of strength that can occur in the ground during an earthquake

Question 10

Seismic activity

Answer 10

Movements in the earth’s crust

Question 11

Laser ranging

Answer 11

Using laser beams and mirrors to detect minute changes in the shape of the land

Question 12

Evacuation

Answer 12

Movement of people away from a place of danger to a place of safety

Question 13

Storm surges

Answer 13

Abnormal rise of the sea along a shore as the result of a storm, sometimes called a tidal surge

Question 14

Tropical

Answer 14

Situated in the area between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn

Question 15

Eye of a tropical storm

Answer 15

The calm, clear area at the centre of the tropical storm

Question 16

Track of a tropical storm

Answer 16

The path taken by the tropical storm

Question 17

Mandatory evacuation

Answer 17

An evacuation that is commanded by the authorities

Question 18

Natural cycle

Answer 18

Series of events in the nature that repeated over and over again

Question 19

El Niño

Answer 19

A warming of the ocean surface off the western coast of South America

Question 20

Physical effects

Answer 20

Those affecting natural and built materials

Question 21

Economic effects

Answer 21

Those affecting money and business

Question 22

Drought

Answer 22

A long period with no or low levels of rainfall

Question 23

Pulaski

Answer 23

A tool that is a cross between an axe and a hoe

Question 24

Geographical information system

Answer 24

Electronic system used for storing, analysing, managing and presenting data which is linked to a location

Question 25

Wildfire intensity

Answer 25

The severity of the burning

Question 26

Wildfire season

Answer 26

The period of time that a wildfire is most likely to occur

Question 27

NASA

Answer 27

National Aeronautics and Space Administration - the US space industry

Question 28

Wild land urban interface

Answer 28

Area where houses and other developments are built in the fringes wilderness areas