Geography 2144A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Montreal Protocol, Wind Chill, Puffy Amiyumi
6 Nov 2017
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Internal forces within the earth driven by the internal energy of the earth: external forces on the earths surface driven by the suns energy, gravitational attraction driven by the force of energy. Hazards: a process that poses a potential threat to people and the environment. Risk: the probability of an event x impact. Disaster: brief event that caused property damage or loss of life. Divergent plate boundaries: plates move away from each other, creates new land and oceanic ridges. Transform boundaries: plates slide horizontally past each other, called a transform fault. Oceanic + convergent: subduction zones, oceanic plates sink: hazards can be understood by scientific analysis. Prediction: specific time, date, location and magnitude of the event. Forecast: a range of probability for an event: understanding hazards is needed to understand risk. Direct effects: deaths, injuries, displacement and property damage. Reactive approaches: recovery, search and rescue, food, water and shelter, main way of dealing with things.
