The Challenge Of Natural Hazards Flashcards

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Conservative plate margin

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Two plates sliding alongside each other, in the same or opposite directions

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Constructive plate margin

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Plates that are moving apart

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Destructive plate margin

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Two plates are converging (moving towards one another) and the oceanic plate is subducted

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Earthquake

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A sudden violent movement within the Earth’s crust followed by a series of shocks

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Economic impact

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Effect of an event on the wealth of an area or community

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Environmental impact

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Effect of an impact on the landscape and ecology of the area

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Hazard risk

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Probability or chance that a natural hazard may take place

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Immediate responses

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Reaction of people as the disaster happens in the immediate aftermath

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Infrastructure

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The basic equipment and structures that are needed for a country or region to function (roads, utilities, water sewage)

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Long-term responses

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Later reactions that occur in the weeks, months and years after the event

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Monitoring

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Recording physical changes to help forecast and predict when a natural hazard might strike

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Planning

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Actions taken to enable communities to respond to, and recover from, natural disasters

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Plate margin

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The border between two tectonic plates

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Prediction

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Attempts to forecast when and where a natural disaster will strike, based on current knowledge. This can be done to some extent for volcanic eruptions (and tropical storms), but less reliably for earthquakes

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Primary effects

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Initial impact of a natural event on people and property, caused directly by it

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Protection

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Actions taken before a hazard strikes to reduce its impact, such as educating people or improving building design

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Secondary effects

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After-effects that occur as indirect impacts of a natural event, sometimes on a longer timescale

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Social impact

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The effect of an event on the lives of people and the community

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Tectonic hazard

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Natural event caused by the movement of the Earth’s tectonic plates- e.g. volcanic eruption, earthquake and tsunami

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Volcano

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An opening in the Earth’s crust from which lava, ash and gases erupt