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Describe the sets of mitigation |
Risk assessment- how likely is the hazard to occur? How much damage will there be? Prediction- monitoring systems, could give us warnings Preparation (adjustments)-educate people, evacuate blocked roads, make homes earthquake proof Hazard event- hazard Recovery- what are they going to do to fix the area Appraisal – examination of the disaster |
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Give an example of destructive plate boundary |
The oceanic Nazca plate (pacific ocean) and the continental South American plate the (Andes mountains) |
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Give an example of a collision margin |
That in the Australian plate and the Eurasian plate move together to make the Himalayan Mountains |
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Give an example of a constructive margin |
The North American plate and Eurasian plates move apart and widen the Atlantic Ocean and create the mid-Atlantic Ridge |
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Give an example of a Conservative margin |
The Pacific plate (fastest) move past the North American plate (slower).This creates a San Andreas fault. |
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How are tropical storms formed? |
1.warm moist at rising condenses releasing huge amounts of energy power in the store 2. as the air rises it sucks in more warm moist that behind it 3. that are rapidly spirals up – causing high winds 4. The air condenses as it rises and cools, forming huge clouds and heavy rain 5. in the centre of the storm, air falls, forming the eye. |
