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Terminology Flashcards

1
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What is a natural disaster?

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An event caused by nature that harms human life

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What is a richter’s scale?

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Used to measure earthquakes

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What is a volcano?

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A crack or rupture in the Earth though molten magma

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What are natural hazards?

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Natural process that could harm human and animals.

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What is Mercalli scale?

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A scale sued to measure the strength of the earthquake by how much damaged it caused

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Who is Alfred Wegener?

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A German scientist that argued that all the continents were once joined together as one big thing.

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What is Pangea?

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The name of the joint land mass

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What is a Trench?

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Converging plates

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What is a ridge?

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Diverging plates

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What are converging plates?

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Plates moving TOWARDS each other or into each other

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What are diverging plates?

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Plates that are moving AWAY from each other

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What are transversing plates?

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Plates moving sideways each other

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13
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What do transversing plates make?

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Faults e.g The San Andreas fault

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What do converging plates make?

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Mountains e.g Atlas Mountains

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What do diverging plates make?

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Islands e.g Hawaii

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What are convection currents?

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A circular movement in liquids caused by heat

17
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What are convection cells?

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The circle movement

18
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What is a primary effect?

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Short term effect when coming to a natural disaster’s damage (e.g Damage to buildings, bridges, damage and death with people and livestock)

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What is a secondary effect?

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A medium term effect when coming to the damage of natural disaster (e.g Contamination of water, disease, soil erosion or shortage of water or certain periods of time)

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What is a tertiary effect?

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A long term effect when coming to the damage of a neural disaster and its damage (e.g Cost of feeding, housing, tourism declines, rebuilding and clean up costs)

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