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Geohazard

This class was created by Brainscape user Christine Joyce Mutoc. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Christine Joyce Mutoc
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Decks in this class (13)

Hazard vs Risk vs Disaster
A process phenomenon that may pos...,
Geological processes or phenomeno...,
The potential loss of life injury...
11  cards
Natural Hazards
Processes that pose threat to lif...,
Can be developed to minimize this...,
Disasters that are directly gener...
3  cards
Types of Hazards
Types of geologic hazards,
Natural hazards but processes ope...,
Types of atmospheric hazard
6  cards
Effects of Hazard
Water damage due to a flood and c...,
Fires ignited by earthquakes or v...,
Long term effects that are set of...
7  cards
Prediction, Forecasting, and Warning
Probability that an event will oc...,
An anomalous small physical chang...,
Prediction of floods hurricanes a...
22  cards
Earth’s Structure, Materials, Systems, and Cycles
Discontinuity between upper and l...,
Discontinuity between lower crust...,
Discontinuity between upper and l...
75  cards
Tsunami
Generated by sudden displacement ...,
Enumerate the parts of the wave,
Distance between wave crest and w...
29  cards
Volcanic Eruptions
Where does volcanoes mostly found,
Continents generate more what typ...,
Hot spots generate more what type...
76  cards
Earthquakes
What is compression,
What is tension,
What is shear
85  cards
Mass wasting
Downslope movement of the rock an...,
True or false integral part of th...,
Any perceptible downslope movemen...
83  cards
Coastal Hazard
Chief agents in shaping our coast...,
True or false some coasts are str...,
The strip of land bordering the s...
124  cards
Flooding
What is the main role of streams ...,
A stream overflow occurs if its a...,
The volume of water moving throug...
81  cards
Ground subsidence and karst subsidence
Lowering of the land surface due ...,
_________ are rarely major disast...,
________ of areas cause as much e...
24  cards

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