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Environmental Risks and Hazards

This class was created by Brainscape user Merry Machiavelli. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Merry Machiavelli
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Decks in this class (18)

L1 - Environmental Hazards
What date was tunguska,
What were the effects of tunguska,
Define a hazard
27  cards
L2 - Environmental Disasters and Risks
Disasters result from between hum...,
State two scales with which disas...,
Which continents are disasters mo...
14  cards
L3 - Floods
What is a drainage basin,
What is an interfluve,
Name 3 main types of causes of ri...
45  cards
L4 - Droughts
Globally what regions are most at...,
Define a drought,
How long to droughts tend to last
28  cards
L5&6 - Earthquates
Define an earthquake,
How common are earthquakes,
Name 3 categories of earthquake b...
61  cards
L7 - Tropical Cyclones
Define a tropical cyclone,
Where do tropical cyclones form why,
What are the 3 categories of trop...
23  cards
L8 - Mass Movement
Define mass movement,
List the 5 types of mm,
Define a fall
23  cards
Compilation - Measurement
Give an example of an attempt to ...,
How do calculate the frequency of...,
Define recurrence intervals
18  cards
L9 - Wildfires
Define a wildfire,
What are the stages of fire devel...,
What is the primary natural cause...
11  cards
L10&11 - Volcanoes
Define a volcano,
Describe the formation of a volca...,
What are the 4 main components of...
4  cards
L12 - Technological Hazards
0  cards
L13 - Sea-Level Change
0  cards
L14&15 - Climate Change
0  cards
L16 - Ice Sheets
0  cards
L17 - Permafrost
0  cards
L18 - Sea Ice
0  cards
L19 - Global Change & Hazards
0  cards
L20 - Reducing Disaster Impacts
0  cards

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