Geography GCSE AQA (KSW FF Mocks Only) Definitions.

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A naturally occurring event that poses major threats to people and property around the world.
Natural Hazard
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The chance or probability of being affected by a natural event.
Hazard Risk
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Immediate damage following a tectonic hazard.
Primary Effects
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Consequences of tectonic hazards.
Secondary Effects
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Actions as soon as a tectonic hazard occurs.
Immediate Responses
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Actions of governments and charities in the months and years after a tectonic hazard.
Long-Term Responses
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Reducing the causes of a natural hazard.
Mitigation
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Responding to changes.
Adaption
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The force of water wearing away at rocks or the riverbank.
Hydraulic Action
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When the rocks in the load wear away at each other.
Attrition
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The load being transported wears away at the river banks and bed.
Abrasion
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When the river dissolves soluble soft rock such as limestone and chalk.
Solution
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Large rocks or boulders rolling along a river bed.
Traction
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Small pebbles bounce along the river bed.
Saltation
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Small sediment is 'held' in the river.
Suspension
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The transportation of dissolved load.
Solution
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Methods to reduce flood risk involving man-made structures.
Hard Engineering
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Methods to reduce flood risk by working with the natural processes.
Soft Engineering
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(Simply) when water freezes in rocks, expands and thaws.
Freeze-Thaw Weathering
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The sandpaper effect where the weight of ice scours along the valley floor.
Abrasion
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Meltwater beneath a glacier freezes and sticks to rocky surface below. The glacier then moves.
Plucking
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When glaciers change shape in Winter.
Internal Deformation
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What meltwater causes in Summer.
Basal/Rotational Slip
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When a glacier pushes moraine down a valley.
Bulldozing
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Occurs when glaciers lose energy after melting.
Deposition
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The increasing proportion of the world's population living in cities.
Urbanisation
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A city with more than one million people.
Millionaire City
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A city with more than ten million people.
Megacity
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Having a quality of life less than what is seen as acceptable in your country.
Urban Deprivation
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Management of water conservation, energy conservation, waste recycling and green space.
Sustainable Urban Living
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The most approved economic measure of development, this measure incorporates many categories such as literacy rates and life expectancy.
Human Development Index
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Card 2

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The chance or probability of being affected by a natural event.

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Hazard Risk

Card 3

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Immediate damage following a tectonic hazard.

Back

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Card 4

Front

Consequences of tectonic hazards.

Back

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Card 5

Front

Actions as soon as a tectonic hazard occurs.

Back

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