Hazards - key stuff 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyNatural hazardsA2/A-levelAQA Created by: issywhittinghamCreated on: 10-02-18 13:02 What is a Natural Hazard? A natural hazard is something that bridges both human and physical geography and poses risk to human life/ property 1 of 16 What are geophysical hazards? A hazard which is caused by movements of the earth e.g. earthquake 2 of 16 What are atmospheric hazards? Hazards that are weather-related e.g. extreme conditions like droughts 3 of 16 What are hydrological hazards? Water-related such as hurricanes or landslides 4 of 16 How can hazards be characterised? by their magnitude, their frequency, their spatial distribution and their duration 5 of 16 How is hazard perception influenced? Socio- economic status, education, employment, age 6 of 16 Three types of hazard perception? Fatalism, Fear, Adaptation 7 of 16 The inner core is made from? iron and nickel - it gives the Earth its magnetic field 8 of 16 Mantle? semi molten (the upper part of the mantle is called the asthenosphere) 9 of 16 Outer core? liquid and thick layer 10 of 16 The lithosphere is the ...? Crust and underlying mantle 11 of 16 Ridge push is made when plates are? Diverging and plumes of magma rise making new crust 12 of 16 Slab pull is when ...? The plates converge and the denser one (oceanic) subjects 13 of 16 Fold mountains Convergent and force up 14 of 16 Rift valleys and ocean ridges Divergent 15 of 16 Island arcs and ocean trenches Convergent 16 of 16
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