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Natural Hazards (Atmosphere (the air above our heads – it’s a highly…
Natural Hazards
Atmosphere
the air above our heads – it’s a highly complex swirling mass of gasses, liquids and solids e.g. water droplets, water vapour, ash, carbon dioxide and oxygen
Continental crust
the outer layer of the earth’s structure which forms the continents. It’s thicker, older and less dense than the oceanic crust
Climate change
is a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time.
Earthquake
a sudden violent shaking of the ground, typically causing severe destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust
Carbon capture
uses technology to capture carbon dioxide produced from the use of fossil fuels in electricity generation and industrial processes
Axial tilt
the Earth spins on its axis, causing night and day. The Earth’s axis is currently tilted at an angle of 23.5 degrees
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Destructive plate margin
where the plates are moving towards each other and the denser, oceanic plate subducts beneath the continental plate
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Fossil fuels
is a general term for buried combustible geologic deposits of organic materials, formed from decayed plants and animals that have been converted to crude oil, coal, natural gas
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Greenhouse effect
is the process by which radiation from a planet's atmosphere warms the planet's surface to a temperature above what it would be without its atmosphere.
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