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LIC correct answers Low income country- this subdivision of countries is based on the world bank income classifications (GNI per capita) which in 2013 were $1045 or below HIC correct answers High income country- this subdivision of countries is based on the world bank income classifications (GNI per capita) which in 2013 were $12746 or above Hazard Risk correct answers The probability or chance that a natural hazard may take place Natural Hazard correct answers A natural event (for example an earthquake, volcanic eruption, tropical storm, flood) that threatens people or has the potential to cause damage, destruction and death Conservative Plate Margin correct answers Tectonic plate margin where two tectonic plates slide past each other Constructive Plate Margin correct answers Tectonic plate margin where rising magma adds new material to plates that are diverging or moving apart Destructive Plate Margin correct answers Tectonic plate margin where two plates are converging or coming together and oceanic plate is subducted; it can be associated with violent earthquakes and explosive volcanoes Earthquake correct answers A sudden or violent movement within the Earth's crust followed by a series of shocks Immediate Responses correct answers The reaction of people as the disaster happens and in the immediate aftermath Long-Term Responses correct answers Later reactions that occur within the weeks, months and years after the event Monitoring correct answers Recording physical changes, such as earthquake tremors around a volcano, to help forecast when and where a natural hazard might strike Plate Margin correct answers The margin or boundary between two tectonic plates Planning correct answers Actions taken to enable communities to respond to, and recover from, natural disasters, through measures such as emergency evacuation plans, information management, communications and warning systems Prediction correct answers Attempts to forecast when and where a natural hazard will strike, based on current knowledge; this can be dome to some extent for volcanic eruptions (and tropical storms), but less reliably for earthquakes