Geography definitions

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T W H O T S P O T G E O L O G I C A L K W
K T T L T I P P I N G P O I N T V W U Q D
I X L P P I C O N T E X T H A Z A R D T D
W G E O P H Y S I C A L H A Z A R D Y E I
U I J F Q T R E S J B X K I A V N T H S P
Y W M P G R E E N H O U S E E F F E C T H
C N L N S V L I R V S P X C O C X E D V T
R G A H X F A J M U M N A L L B A N W D L
R X Y C U B Y N A T U R A L H A Z A R D J
Y D E S T R U C T I V E B O U N D A R Y O
F V D D G D O H D M Y T Y K B V I J B W W
I E T P W J S R F L E T T Y R O Q Y X Q B
C O N S E R V A T I V E B O U N D A R Y X
Y H R C A J R P R K P H Y J W U W T X E Y
N H D G G E O K S D V Q M V I P B N V M X
Y U N O M T D K N O I B J W E L M M G Q N
X Y R E D X O U C F X S N B H A J G Y E Q
A S T H E N O S P H E R E E V Y J V A O V
V U L N E R A B I L I T Y W T G Q E U G I
P M W G B M T K C H Q X P O A G A G P U U
Y D H W S I Y L P T E W T I O S J L K Y F

Clues

  • A boundary between plates where the movement of the plates is parallel to the plate margin and the plates slide past each other. (12, 8)
  • A boundary between plates where the plates are converging (moving together) (11, 8)
  • A hazard formed by tectonic/geological processes (11, 6)
  • A high risk combined with an inability of individuals and communities to cope (13)
  • A localised area of the Earth’s crust with an unusually high temperature (7, 10)
  • a natural event or process which affects people e.g. causing loss of life or injury, economic damage, disruption to people’s lives or environmental degradation (7, 6)
  • A semi-molten zone of rock underlying the Earth’s crust (13)
  • The point at which a system switches from one state to another (7, 5)
  • The warming of the Earth’s atmosphere due to the trapping of heat that would otherwise be radiated back into space – it enabled the survival of life on Earth. (10, 6)
  • Widespread (global) threat due to environmental factors such as climate change (7, 6)

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