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28 Cards in this Set
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Three Types of Plate Tectonic Boundaries |
Divergent Convergent Transform Plate |
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Four Types of Seismic Waves |
P S Love Rayleigh |
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Elastic Rebound Theory is |
the sudden release of energy built over long periods of time by elastic deformation |
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Types of Earthquake Hazards |
Landslides Liquefaction Floods(dam burst) Waves (displacement) Structure Failure Fires |
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Different Types of Volcanoes |
Cinder Composite Shield |
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Factors that cause air to rise or fall |
Increase in volume/mass Decrease in temperature Orographic lifting Frontal lifting Convergence |
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Difference between relative and absolute humidity |
Relative humidity: ration of vapor pressure in air to saturation vapor at the same temp Absolute humidity; water vapor content of the air |
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Different Fronts |
Cold Warm Stationary Occluded |
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Characteristics of mid-latitude cyclones |
Tornado outbreaks Wind Storms Dust storms Blizzards |
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Factors necessary for the formation of tropical cyclones |
forced by the coriolis effect = low pressure centers draw into moisture heavy lands |
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Hazards of Tropical Cyclones |
Winds Waves Storm Surge Tornadoes Heavy Rains |
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Large area of impermeable surface will |
increase peak discharge |
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Competence |
largest size of material that stream can carry |
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Discharge |
volume of water passing through stream per unit |
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Diversion channels and storm sewers |
increase lava flow into the stream |
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Construction of artificial levees |
increase discharge downstream |
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Over bank flooding |
water is stored on the floodplain |
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Flash Floods |
result from intense thunderstorms |
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Dam Construction |
increase water storage |
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100 year flood |
has 1% probability occurring any year
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Hydrograph shows |
changes in stream discharge over time |
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Thompson Flood |
mountain flash flood |
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Levee Breaks |
sudden drop in river stage on the Mississippi during the1993 flood |
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Factors of Johnstown flood of 1889 |
heavy rain poor dam maintenance fire |
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What happened after the Midwest flood of 1993 |
communities were moved out of the floodplain |
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Property losss from the Tucson Arizona flood was caused by |
bank erosion and shifting of the river channel |
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characteristics of Floods produced by Hurricane Agnes and Lee |
extensive damage to roads and bridges record river stage levels heavy rain fall over a very large area |
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2013 Flash Flood along the Colorado Front Range resulted from |
orographic lifting of moist gulf air |
