geography 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyClimate changeGCSEEdexcel Created by: noorghoriCreated on: 16-01-17 03:31 crust the outer layer of the earth 1 of 33 plate a section of the earths crust 2 of 33 mantle the dense solid layer between the outer core and the crust 3 of 33 plate margin the boundarie where two plates meet 4 of 33 convection currents the circular currents of heat in the mantle 5 of 33 collision the meeting of two plates of continental crust they are both the same type so they meet head on and buckle 6 of 33 ocean trenches deep sections of the ocean usually where an oceanic plate is sinking below a continental plate 7 of 33 sheild volcano a broad volcano that is mostly made up of lava 8 of 33 hydroelectric power the use of flowing water to turn turbines to generate elecricity 9 of 33 primary effects the immidiate effects of the eruption 10 of 33 secondary effects the after effects of an earthquake 11 of 33 Aid money,food,training and technology given by medc's to ledc's to encourage long term development 12 of 33 immidiate response how people react as the disaster happens 13 of 33 super volcano a mega volcano that erupts atleast 1000km of materials 14 of 33 fissures an opening along a line of weakness that allows magma to escape 15 of 33 geyser a geothermal feature in which water erupts in to the air under pressure 16 of 33 Earthquake a seudden breif of the ground shaking 17 of 33 richter scale a scale used to measure earthquakes based on the scientific recordings of the amount of movements 18 of 33 shock waves seismic waves generated by an earthquake that pass through an earths crust 19 of 33 debt money owed to others, to a bank or to a global orginisation such as the world bank 20 of 33 prediction to know when and where an event will happen based on current knowledge 21 of 33 preperation orginising acivities or drills so that people know what to do when an earthquake occures 22 of 33 subduction the sinking of an oceanic cruust at a destructive margin 23 of 33 fold mountains large mountain ranges where rock layers have been crumpled as they have been forced together 24 of 33 composite volcano a steep sided volcano that is made up of a variety of materials such as lava and ash 25 of 33 subsistence farming to provide food or other recources for the farmers own family 26 of 33 irrigation artificial watering of land 27 of 33 long term responses after math of a earthquake 28 of 33 focus the point at which a crust where an earthquake originates 29 of 33 epicenter the point at an earhs surface directly above the focus 30 of 33 mercalli scale measuring earthquakes on a scale from 1-12 31 of 33 the 3 p's prediction, protection and preparation 32 of 33 tsunami a wave where an entire depth of a sea or ocean is set in a motion by an event e.g an erthquake 33 of 33
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