(P1) Natural Hazards Flashcards
What are natural hazards?
A natural event that has a social and environmental impact
What are some factors affecting hazard risk
- Poverty-e.g LIC countries forced to leave there
- Urbanisation-E.g. densely populated countries. Over 50% of world living in cities
- Farming-low land countries may live on floodplains to help crops grow
- Climate change-a warmer world would lead to more intense storms /hurricanes
What do we call the point at which to techtonic plates meet
Plate margin/plate Boundry
What landforms are created at constructive plate margins
Shield volcanoes
How many people died in the Nepal earthquake 2015
9000
Name 1 way building can be earthquake proof
Shock absorbers in ground
Name one immediate response to an earthquake
Provide basic resources e.g. food/search and rescue teams
Who came up with the theory of continental drift
Alfred Wegner
Which process in earths mantle causes tectonic plate to move
Convection currents
Name one secondary effect of chilly 2010 earthquake
1500kmroad damaged
San Andreas fault is in example of what tectonic Boundry
Conservative
