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Geography Hazards

This class was created by Brainscape user Lucy Hainsworth. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Lucy Hainsworth
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Decks in this class (20)

key terms
What is a hazard,
What is a disaster,
What are natural hazards
10  cards
Ridge Push
What is ridge push
1  cards
Key responses to natural hazards
What is adaptation,
What is fatalism,
What is fear
12  cards
The park/impact response model
What does the park model describe,
What is relief,
What is rehabilitation
5  cards
Plate tectonics
How old is the earth,
What are the characteristics of t...,
What can the crust be divided into
17  cards
Volcanoes
Where are volcanoes located,
What are examples of where volcan...,
What is an active volcano
16  cards
Plate margins
What are destructive plate margin...,
When does subduction occur destru...,
When 2 oceanic plates converge wh...
14  cards
Nature of vulcanicity and its relation to plate tectonics
Vulcanicity at destructive plate ...,
Vulcanicity at constructive plate...,
What are the primary effects of v...
14  cards
classification of eruption
At an icelandic volcano what is t...,
At an icelandic volcano what are ...,
At a hawaiian volcano what is the...
10  cards
Mt nyriagongo case study
When and where did it happen,
Was it an lic or a hic,
Why did the volcanic eruption occur
12  cards
Earthquakes
Where and why do earthquakes occur,
What are earthquakes,
What is an earthquakes focus
14  cards
Kobe case study
When and why did it happen,
What were the responses before th...,
What were the responses during
9  cards
Tsunamis
What are tsunamis,
What do tsunamis have,
How are tsunamis formed
3  cards
japanese tsunami case study
When was the tsunami,
What were the causes of the tsunami,
The tsunami was a secodnary effec...
6  cards
Tropical storms
What are the conditions needed fo...,
What are the nature of tropical s...,
How do tropical storms form
4  cards
Hurricane katrina
What is some background informati...,
What is the risk and vulnerability,
What are the primary effects of t...
7  cards
Typhoon Hayan
Background information about the ...,
What is the risk and vulnerability,
What were the primary social effe...
10  cards
Wildfires
What is a wildfire,
What can the benefits of wildfire...,
What does the exact nature of a f...
10  cards
Impacts of wildfires
What are the primary environmenta...,
What are the secondary environmen...,
What are the primary social impacts
8  cards
Alberto wildfire
When did the wildfire occur,
Where did it happen,
Where did the fire ignite
6  cards

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