AQA NAtural Hazards

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Across
  1. 2. A deadly hurricane that occured in the philippines in 2013 killed over 4,500 people and displaced more people than WW2.
  2. 3. Crust that carries the oceans.
  3. 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.
  4. 9. Hazards that relate to earth's movements e.g. landslide or earthquake.
  5. 11. - EQ in Pakistan that killed over 80,000 people and left over 3 million homeless.
  6. 12. Geophysicist who came up with the idea of continental drift
  7. 13. Two plates moving towards each other and the more dense oceanic plate subducts under the lighter continental plate
  8. 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.
  9. 16. EQ in Italy that killed 300 people and left 60,000 homeless.
Down
  1. 1. Name of the cell that is low pressure and found either side of the equator.
  2. 2. a Natural hazard that begin their life over ocean waters of 26 degrees or above.
  3. 4. A reason why people live near volcanoes, these resources can be mined for profit.
  4. 5. When two plates move away from each other, magma rises to infill the space, cooling and turning into new crust
  5. 7. Location of a flood in 2007 and 2013 that killed one person and damaged 95% of schools and left thousands of homes flooded.
  6. 8. HAzards that relate to the atmosphere e.g. hurricane.
  7. 10. Crust that carries the continents.
  8. 15. - A harmful gas that is released by a volcano that could be a sign of an eruption.