The Challenge of Natural Hazards - Tectonic Hazards

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What is a natural hazard?
A physical event that have the potential to do damage to humans and property.
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What affects hazard risk?
Population growth, climate change, deforestation, poverty
(wealth).
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What are the two types of crust?
Continental (thick but less dense) and oceanic (thin but more dense).
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Why do tectonic plates move?
Tectonic plates move due to convection currents in the mantle.
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What are the 3 types of plate margins?
Constructive, destructive, conservative.
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What affects hazard risk?

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Population growth, climate change, deforestation, poverty
(wealth).

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What are the two types of crust?

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Why do tectonic plates move?

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What are the 3 types of plate margins?

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