Hazardous Earth

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1.a. There is a variety of evidence for the theories of continental drift and plate tectonics.
Outline the basic structure of th...,
Outline the mean minimum and maxi...,
Outline the thickness of oceanic ...
36  cards
1.b. There are distinctive features and processes at plate boundaries.
Even when continental drift theor...,
What was picked up by seismometer...,
1960s seismometer maps
37  cards
2.a. There is a variety of volcanic activity and resultant landforms and landscapes.​
What are the 6 types of eruption,
Outline icelandic lava eruptions ...,
Outline icelandic lava eruptions ...
54  cards
2.b. Volcanic eruptions generate distinctive hazards
As with all tectonic activity vol...,
Outline the nature of volcanic er...,
Outline the hazards generated fro...
20  cards
3.a. There is a variety of earthquake activity and resultants landforms and landscapes
What is an earthquake,
A series of seismic shock waves o...,
What is the earthquake epicentre
41  cards
3.b. Earthquakes generate distinctive hazards
On average how many significant e...,
Between 2000 and 2015 earthquakes...,
Population densities in tectonica...
27  cards
4.a There are a range of impacts people experience as a result of volcanic eruptions.
Volcanic description is based on ...,
Why is it difficult to define vol...,
What is a limitation of trying to...
49  cards
4.b. There are a range of impacts people experience as a result of earthquake activity
Outline haiti s general setting c...,
Until 2010 what was haiti s large...,
All of haiti s earthquakes have r...
84  cards
5.a. There are various strategies to manage hazards from volcano activity.
Why was volcano management not a ...,
When was indonesia s cvghm establ...,
What is the cvghm s key division ...
32  cards
5.b. There are various strategies to manage hazards from earthquake activity.
Is japan able to mitigate against...,
Japan has developed a high level ...,
What is jma responsible for
38  cards
5.c. The exposure of people to risks and their ability to cope with tectonic hazards changes over time.
It is projected that how many peo...,
How is hazard risk distributed wh...,
Changes in the frequency and impa...
53  cards

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