tectonics Flashcards
1
Q
natural hazard
A
social impact
2
Q
tectonic hazard
A
threat to life and poverty
3
Q
atmospheric hazard
A
processes in atmosphere
4
Q
event
A
no effect on people
5
Q
hazard
A
effect on people
6
Q
name 3 atmospheric hazard
A
rain, lightning, snow,
7
Q
hydrological hazard
A
flooding
8
Q
geological hazard
A
volcano, landslides, earthquakes
9
Q
factors affecting risk
A
urbanisation
poverty
farming
climate change
10
Q
climate change development
A
warmer world = more energy
more intense storms
flood dries = drought
11
Q
poverty development
A
people living in places of risk
shortage of affordable housing = building on unstable slopes
12
Q
oceanic plate
A
thick, dense
13
Q
continental plate
A
thick, less dense
14
Q
plate boundaries
A
constructive = divergent
destructive = convergent
conservative = transform
15
Q
ridge push
A
2 plates push apart by injection of lava
