Option D: Geophysical Hazards

Question 1

Plate Boundaries:

Answer 1

Higher concentration of landslide fatalities near tectonic plate boundaries due to earthquake-triggered landslides.

Question 2

Mass Movements:

Answer 2

Landslides are influenced by topography and the presence of loose materials.

Question 3

Monsoon Events:

Answer 3

Seasonal heavy rains saturate soils, increasing landslide risk.

Question 4

Population Distribution:

Answer 4

High population density in vulnerable areas elevates death tolls from landslides.

Question 5

Climate change;

Answer 5

• If a place is at risk from weather hazards like storms, flooding, the places are at greater risk
• Could affect places that havent been affected before– warmer ocean in different places more tropical storms

Question 6

Geophysical effects on Urbanisation:

Answer 6

*. The more urban a center it is the more there is to lose
*. More people
*. Roads are closed = no school
*. No water = kill people

Question 7

Less developed Countries effect from geophysical hazards:

Answer 7

Not prepared
Not educated
Weaker buildings
Poorly trained emergency services
Lower quality health care

Question 8

convection

Answer 8

The rising and falling of material in a fluid or gas due to uneven temperatures. This process occurs in the outer layers of some stars.

Question 9

core

Answer 9

Something — usually round-shaped — in the center of an object. (in geology) Earth’s innermost layer. Or, a long, tube-like sample drilled down into ice, soil or rock. Cores allow scientists to examine layers of sediment, dissolved chemicals, rock and fossils to see how the environment at one location changed through hundreds to thousands of years or more.

Question 10

crust:

Answer 10

(in geology) Earth’s outermost surface, usually made from dense, solid rock.

Question 11

earthquake:

Answer 11

A sudden and sometimes violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within Earth’s crust or of volcanic action.

Question 12

Earth’s crust:

Answer 12

The outermost layer of Earth. It is relatively cold and brittle.

Question 13

lithosphere:

Answer 13

The upper layer of Earth, which includes its thin brittle crust and upper mantle. The lithosphere is relatively rigid and is broken into slowly moving tectonic plates.

Question 14

tectonic plates:

Answer 14

The gigantic slabs — some spanning thousands of kilometers (or miles) across — that make up Earth’s outer layer.