Definition cards- plate tectonics
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| 709388201 | Epicenter | The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake | 0 | |
| 709388202 | 4 Types of Natural Hazards | Biological, geological, atmospheric and hydrological | 1 | |
| 709388203 | Example of hydrological disasters | Floods, tsunami, wave action and glaciers | 2 | |
| 709388204 | Examples of geological disasters | Earthquakes and volcanoes | 3 | |
| 709388205 | Examples of atmospheric distasters | Cyclones, hailstorms, blizzards and bushfires | 4 | |
| 709388206 | Examples of biogolical disasters | Epidemics, disease and plagues | 5 | |
| 709388207 | Benefits of living on a plate boundary | Fertile soil, large biodiversity, geothermal energy and | 6 | |
| 709388208 | Subduction | The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle | 7 | |
| 709388209 | tsunami | a giant ocean wave, caused by an underwater seizmi action under the earths suface particularlly an earthquake or volcanic eruption, with great destructive power | 8 | |
| 709388210 | 4 Stages of after flood initiatives | ERRR Emergency life saving, relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction/ recovery | 9 | |
| 709388211 | lithosphere | The outer most layer of the earth including the upper mantle | 10 | |
| 709487169 | Evidence of Continental Drift | SIMILAR FOSSILS several fossil organisms found on different landmasses. ROCK TYPES AND STRUCTURES mountain belts that end at one coastline, only to reappear on a landmass across the ocean. SIMILAR CLIMATES glacier deposits found at the modern day equator landmasses and coral reef deposits found in Antarctica! | 11 | |
| 709487170 | Tectonic Plate Theory | The idea that the Earth's crust is divided into 12 major plates which are moved in various directions | 12 | |
| 709487171 | Wegners Theory of Pangaea | ... | 13 | |
| 709487172 | Earthquake | shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plate or from volcanic activity | 14 | |
| 709487173 | Measuring of Earthquake | a seismologist is in charge of measuring the magnatude of an earthquake using a Richter scale | 15 | |
| 709487174 | Mitigation | Measures that are taken to make a destination less susceptible to a disaster. E.g. stronger infrastructure and bridges | 16 | |
| 709487175 | Disaster management | the steps taken after or before a distasterparticular preparedness, response and recovery in order to lessen the impact | 17 | |
| 709487176 | What Drives Plate Tectonics | Powerful convection currents in the mantle move the lithospheric plates across the surface of the Earth | 18 | |
| 709487177 | Flood | an unusual accumulation of water from rivers, lakes and creeks, flooding areas that are not usually covered in water | 19 | |
| 709487178 | Richter Scale | used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake | 20 | |
| 709487179 | Divergent Boundaries | Where adjacent plates move away from each other as new oceanic lithosphere is created. E.g. mid-oceanic ridges are spreading plate boundaries | 21 | |
| 709487180 | Convergent Boundaries | Where plates collide and one plate is destroyed as it subducts under the other | 22 | |
| 709487181 | Transform Boundaries | Where the plates slide past each other, neither creating nor destroying the plates | 23 | |
| 709487182 | High Biodiversity | A large number of people and animals living in a particular area | 24 | |
| 709487183 | Fossil Fuels | A natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms. | 25 | |
| 709487184 | Geothermal Energy | Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth | 26 | |
| 709487185 | Volcanic Soils | The Earth/dirt that it fertile due to the large numbers of minerals that it receives from near by volcanic magma | 27 | |
| 709487186 | Lithosphere | a layer of the earths crust, also including the upper mantle | 28 | |
| 709487187 | Ring of Fire | The Pacific Ring of Fire marks the most tectonically and volcanically active region in the world | 29 | |
| 709487188 | Aftershock | a smaller earthquake following the main shock of a large earthquake | 30 | |
| 709487189 | Chernobyl | A town near Kiev in Ukraine where an accident at a nuclear power station in April 1986 resulted in serious radioactive contamination in Ukraine, Belarus, and other parts of Europe | 31 | |
| 709487190 | seismologist | A person who studies earthquakes and the mechanical characteristics of the Earth. | 32 | |
| 709487191 | seizmic | Relating to earthquakes or other vibrations of the earth and its crust | 33 | |
| 713083209 | E.R.R.R. | Emergency life saving, relief efforts, rehabilitation and reconstruction | 34 |
