The challenge of natural hazards.

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Content Key words / skills Befo Aft

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1. Natural hazards Hazards, types of hazards, risk, vulnerability
pose major risks
to people and
property (1)
2. Plate tectonics Core, mantle, crust, continental, oceanic,
theory. (1) ridges, trenches, earthquakes, volcanoes
3. Plate margins (2) Sea floor spreading, convection currents,
magma, subduction, earthquakes, volcanoes,
stratovolcano, shield
PPQ 1
4. Earthquakes (2/3) Foci, epicentre, Richter scale, primary &
secondary effects, immediate & long term
responses, monitoring, prediction, preparation,
planning
5. Volcanoes (3/4) Lava, cone, vent, magma chamber, crater,
shield, stratovolcano, effusive, explosive,
pyroclastic flows, primary & secondary effects,
immediate & long term responses, monitoring,
prediction, preparation, planning
PPQ 2
6. Global Circulation models, pressure, wind
atmospheric
circulation (1)
7. Tropical storms Distribution, formation, structure
(1)
8. Tropical storms primary & secondary effects, immediate & long
(2) term responses, monitoring, prediction,
preparation, planning
9. UK Extreme Depression, storm, anticyclone, drought, flood,
weather (1) storm surge
10. UK Extreme Cause, social, economic, environmental
weather (2) impacts, management, magnitude, frequency
PPQ 3
11. Climate Evidence glacial, CO2, ice, pollen, tree rings,
change (2) pictures
Cause Milankovitch, solar, volcanoes,
greenhouse gases, enhanced greenhouse,
global warming
12. Climate Sea levels, agriculture, water, health
change (1)
13. Climate Mitigation, adaptation
change (1)
PPQ 4 Total
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PPQ 4

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