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key terms
Natural hazard,
Geophysical harzard,
Atmospheric hazard
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concept of hazard
What is a hazard,
What are the three major types of...,
What is meant by a geophysical ha...
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human responses to hazards
People have differ viewpoints of,
What are these perceptions depend...,
Response what is meant by fatalism
10
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the park model
What is the park model,
What does it have a rough indicat...,
What can it be used to do
18
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the hazard management cycle
What does it outline,
What are the 4 stages,
What is meant by preparedness
6
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structure of the earth
What is the inner core made of,
Why is the inner core very hot,
What is the heat of the inner cor...
16
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plate tectonic theory
The lithosphere is broken up into...,
Why do the tectonic plates move,
What do the convention currents do
5
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different plate boundaries
At plate boundaries what can happ...,
What is a destructive plate margin,
What is constructive plate margin
10
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destructive plate boundaries
Continental and oceanic,
Oceanic and oceanic,
Continental and continental
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constructive plate boundaries
Oceanic and oceanic,
What is meant by sea floor spreading,
Continental to continental
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conservative plate bounadry
Between the crust what moves,
No plates are destroyed so
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hotspots
What are hotspots,
What happens in hotspots,
The plume stays in the same place...
4
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volcanic hazards
Spatial distribution,
What is vulvanicity measured using,
Magnitude the more powerful
18
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type of volcanic hazard
Environemental primary hazard,
Economic primary hazard,
Social primary hazard
8
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response and risk management to volcanic risks
Can volcanic eruptions be prevented,
What can be prevented,
How can risk to people be prevented
7
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seismic hazards
Plates dont move in,
Why do plates become stuck at any...,
When pressure builds up what even...
17
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types of seismic hazard
Evironmental primary hazard,
Economic primary hazard,
Social primary hazard
8
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response and risk management to seismic hazards
Can they be prevented,
Can liquidation of soils be preve...,
What is soil stabilisation
7
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storm hazards
What is a tropical storm,
Conditions to form temperature,
What is the rotation to form
14
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types of storm hazard
Environmental primary hazard,
Economic primary hazard,
Social primary hazard
8
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response and risk management to storm hazards
Prevention
1
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Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami
Whats the magnitude,
When was it,
What percent of earthquakes happe...
17
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sea floor spreadin
When was it thought,
Who looked at sea floor spreading,
What did harry hess study
5
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Paleomagnetism
What happens during underwater er...,
When was is it accpeted,
What have scientists discovered
7
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wildfire hazards - conditions
What is a wildfire,
What kind of vegetation types all...,
What do trees and thick bushes le...
12
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wildfire hazards - causes
They can be caused by what,
The most time willies are started...,
Humans may start fires
5
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wildfire hazard effects
Environmental primary effect,
Economic primary,
Political primary
7
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wildfire prevention
In current climates and weather c...,
How can it be prevented
2
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hurricane Katrina
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Nyiragongo - volcanic erruption 2002
Where is it located near,
How deep is the main crater of ri...,
How wide is the rift valley
18
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Eyjafjalljokull - iceland - volcanic irruption -april 2010
Where does iceland sit,
Where are the volcanoes lay under...,
Where on the vei scale does it sit
7
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East African Rift System
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Multi-hazardous environment - Philippines
Where is located continentally,
How many islands,
How people live there
52
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australian wildfires of 2009 - black Saturday bushfires
When was it,
What areas,
What part of aus
34
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