EARTH SCI 2GG3 FINAL EXAM COMPLETE
REVIEW WITH FULL SOLUTIONS
●● Tsunami
Answer: Wave produced by the sudden movement of mass against water,
the wavelength greatly exceeds that of storm waved and travels faster
●● Mass wasting
Answer: sudden drop of a mass rock, forming a vertical cliff/overhang
●● volcanic
Answer: lava and or pyroclastic debris is expelled from a volcanic event
●● thunderstorm
Answer: a cumulonimbus cloud that produces lightning and thunder
●● tornado
Answer: vertical funnel shaped cloud that rotates violently
●● hurricane
Answer: tropical cyclone that forms over the tropical Atlantic Ocean or
the eastern pacific
,●● natural hazard
Answer: A phenomenon or process that is a potential threat to human life
and property (volcano)
●● natural disaster
Answer: causes significant casualties and economic loss that requires
external help
●● geological
Answer: earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions
●● hydrological
Answer: floods, water depletion, river erosion
●● rapid onset
Answer: happens quick, matter of minutes
●● slow onset
Answer: happens slowly, hours, days
●● stealth disaster
Answer: can take months, years to develop
,●● primary disaster
Answer: Casualties and destruction from a natural hazard event
●● secondary disaster
Answer: Hazardous events triggered by the primary disaster
●● tertiary
Answer: long term societal damage from primary/secondary
●● Earthquake
Answer: Moment magnitude (energy)
modified mercalli (impact)
●● hurricane
Answer: saffir simpson
●● tornado
Answer: enhanced Fujita scale
●● exposure
Answer: casualties, Economic loss, societal disruption
, ●● vulnerability
Answer: infrastructure resist damage, community preparedness
●● 2 main sources of energy
Answer: 1. internal/geothermal (melts rocks, makes volcanos)
2. external solar heat (climate, weather)
●● how did our solar system form
Answer: 4.5 billion years ago, cloud of interstellar gas and dust
collapsed
formed nebular, spinning and swirling of dust
●● earths core
Answer: -nickel and iron
-radius 3500km
-inner core- solid
-outer core- liquid
●● mantle
Answer: radius- 2900km
solid but can flow
REVIEW WITH FULL SOLUTIONS
●● Tsunami
Answer: Wave produced by the sudden movement of mass against water,
the wavelength greatly exceeds that of storm waved and travels faster
●● Mass wasting
Answer: sudden drop of a mass rock, forming a vertical cliff/overhang
●● volcanic
Answer: lava and or pyroclastic debris is expelled from a volcanic event
●● thunderstorm
Answer: a cumulonimbus cloud that produces lightning and thunder
●● tornado
Answer: vertical funnel shaped cloud that rotates violently
●● hurricane
Answer: tropical cyclone that forms over the tropical Atlantic Ocean or
the eastern pacific
,●● natural hazard
Answer: A phenomenon or process that is a potential threat to human life
and property (volcano)
●● natural disaster
Answer: causes significant casualties and economic loss that requires
external help
●● geological
Answer: earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions
●● hydrological
Answer: floods, water depletion, river erosion
●● rapid onset
Answer: happens quick, matter of minutes
●● slow onset
Answer: happens slowly, hours, days
●● stealth disaster
Answer: can take months, years to develop
,●● primary disaster
Answer: Casualties and destruction from a natural hazard event
●● secondary disaster
Answer: Hazardous events triggered by the primary disaster
●● tertiary
Answer: long term societal damage from primary/secondary
●● Earthquake
Answer: Moment magnitude (energy)
modified mercalli (impact)
●● hurricane
Answer: saffir simpson
●● tornado
Answer: enhanced Fujita scale
●● exposure
Answer: casualties, Economic loss, societal disruption
, ●● vulnerability
Answer: infrastructure resist damage, community preparedness
●● 2 main sources of energy
Answer: 1. internal/geothermal (melts rocks, makes volcanos)
2. external solar heat (climate, weather)
●● how did our solar system form
Answer: 4.5 billion years ago, cloud of interstellar gas and dust
collapsed
formed nebular, spinning and swirling of dust
●● earths core
Answer: -nickel and iron
-radius 3500km
-inner core- solid
-outer core- liquid
●● mantle
Answer: radius- 2900km
solid but can flow
