AQA NAtural Hazards
Across
- 2. A deadly hurricane that occured in the philippines in 2013 killed over 4,500 people and displaced more people than WW2.
- 3. Crust that carries the oceans.
- 6. A reason why people live near volcanoes, heat from within the mantle creates this energy that is cheap and does not create harmful CO2 gases. 25% of Iceland is supplied by this.
- 9. Hazards that relate to earth's movements e.g. landslide or earthquake.
- 11. - EQ in Pakistan that killed over 80,000 people and left over 3 million homeless.
- 12. Geophysicist who came up with the idea of continental drift
- 13. Two plates moving towards each other and the more dense oceanic plate subducts under the lighter continental plate
- 14. Two plates moving side by side in the same direction or in different directions. This friction causes energy to be released known as earthquakes.
- 16. EQ in Italy that killed 300 people and left 60,000 homeless.
Down
- 1. Name of the cell that is low pressure and found either side of the equator.
- 2. a Natural hazard that begin their life over ocean waters of 26 degrees or above.
- 4. A reason why people live near volcanoes, these resources can be mined for profit.
- 5. When two plates move away from each other, magma rises to infill the space, cooling and turning into new crust
- 7. Location of a flood in 2007 and 2013 that killed one person and damaged 95% of schools and left thousands of homes flooded.
- 8. HAzards that relate to the atmosphere e.g. hurricane.
- 10. Crust that carries the continents.
- 15. - A harmful gas that is released by a volcano that could be a sign of an eruption.