level: Level 1
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Level 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The probability or chance that a natural hazard may take place | Hazard risk |
| A natural event that threatens people or has the potential to cause damage, destruction and fatalities. | Natural hazard |
| Examples of natural hazards | Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, storms, landslides |
| What are the two main type of natural hazard? | Atmospheric and tectonic |
| Factors that affect risk | Urbanisation, Poverty, Climate Change |
| Conservative plate margins | Where two tectonic plates slide past eachother |
| Constructive plate margin | Where rising magma adds new material to plates that are diverging. |
| Destructive plate margin | Where two plates are converging and the oceanic plate is subducted |
| Earthquake | A sudden or violent movement within the Earth's crust followed by a series of shocks |
| Volcano | An opening in the Earth's crust from which lava, ashes and gases erupt |