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Geography AQA GCSE PAPER 1 STUDY GUIDE Natural Hazard - Answer-A natural hazard is a natural process which could cause death, injury or disruption to humans, or destroy proprty or posesions. Natural disaster - Answer-A natural hzard that has actualy happened Geological hazards - Answer-Caused ...

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Geography AQA GCSE PAPER 1 STUDY
GUIDE

Natural Hazard - Answer✔✔-A natural hazard is a natural process which could cause death, injury or

disruption to humans, or destroy proprty or posesions.


Natural disaster - Answer✔✔-A natural hzard that has actualy happened


Geological hazards - Answer✔✔-Caused by kand and tectonic processes


Meteorological hazards - Answer✔✔-Caused by weather and climate


Factors affecting hazard risk - Answer✔✔-Urbanisation, poverty, development, climate change


Tectonic plates - Answer✔✔-Slabs of the Earth's crust


Continental crust - Answer✔✔-thicker and less dense


Oceanic crust - Answer✔✔-thinner and more dense


Tectonic plate movement - Answer✔✔-caused by convection currents underneath the Earth's crust


Destructive plate - Answer✔✔-Two plates moving towards one another, oceanic plate subducts under

continental plate and friction causes melting of oceanic plate, triggers earthquake


Constructive plates - Answer✔✔-Two plates move apart, magma forces way along gap and causes

earthquake, erupted lava cools and forms volcano




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Conservative plate - Answer✔✔-Two plates moving alongside, friction can send shockwaves causing

earthquakes


Earthquake causes - Answer✔✔-two plates 'jerking' past each other


the focus - Answer✔✔-the point in the Earth the earthquake starts


Epicentre - Answer✔✔-the point on the Earth' surface straight above the focus


Where are volcanoes found - Answer✔✔-At destructive and constructive plate marhgins


Where are earthquakes found - Answer✔✔-At all three types of plate margin


Earthquake Primary effects - Answer✔✔-buildings and bridges collapse


people are injured or killed


Roads are destroyed


Earthquake Secondary effects - Answer✔✔-Can trigger landslides, tsunamis = destruction


homeless can die from the cold


Leaking gas can start fires


Earthquake Immediate responses - Answer✔✔-Rescue people trapped by collapsed buildings and treat

injured people


Recover dead bodies to prevent spread of disease


Foreign governments or charities may send aid workers, supplies , equipment or financial donations to

the areas affected


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