World at Risk Key Words

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

Clues

  • A boundary between plates where the movement of plates is parallel to the plate margin and the plates slide past each other. (12, 8)
  • A boundary between plates where the plates are moving together. (11, 8)
  • A hazard formed by tectonic/geological processes. (11, 6)
  • A high risk combined with inability to cope. (13)
  • A long term shift in climate detected by a sustained shift in the average value for any climatic event. (7, 6)
  • A recently measured rise in the average surface temperature of the planet. (6, 7)
  • A semi-molten zone of rock underlying the Earth's crust. (13)
  • The warming of the Earth's atmosphere due to the trapping of heat that would otherwise be radiated back into space. (10, 6)
  • Where the output of a system acts to amplify or reduce further output. (8, 9)
  • Widespread global threat due to environmental factors such as climate change.` (7, 6)

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