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AQA GCSE Geography Glossary Exam
Study Guide
PAPER 1 - SECTION A : CHALLENGE OF NATURAL HAZARDS - TECTONICS AND WEATHER - Answer✔✔-
PAPER 1 - SECTION A : CHALLENGE OF NATURAL HAZARDS - TECTONICS AND WEATHER
LIC - Answer✔✔-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 - Answer✔✔-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 - Answer✔✔-The probability or chance that a natural hazard may take place
Natural Hazard - Answer✔✔-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 - Answer✔✔-Tectonic plate margin where two tectonic plates slide past each
other
Constructive Plate Margin - Answer✔✔-Tectonic plate margin where rising magma adds new material to
plates that are diverging or moving apart
Destructive Plate Margin - Answer✔✔-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
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Earthquake - Answer✔✔-A sudden or violent movement within the Earth's crust followed by a series of
shocks
Immediate Responses - Answer✔✔-The reaction of people as the disaster happens and in the immediate
aftermath
Long-Term Responses - Answer✔✔-Later reactions that occur within the weeks, months and years after
the event
Monitoring - Answer✔✔-Recording physical changes, such as earthquake tremors around a volcano, to
help forecast when and where a natural hazard might strike
Plate Margin - Answer✔✔-The margin or boundary between two tectonic plates
Planning - Answer✔✔-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 - Answer✔✔-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
Primary Effects - Answer✔✔-The initial impact of a natural event on people and property, caused directly
by it, for instance the ground buildings collapsing following an earthquake
Tectonic Hazard - Answer✔✔-A natural hazard caused by movement of tectonic plates (including
volcanoes and earthquakes)
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Tectonic Plate - Answer✔✔-A rigid segment of the Earth's crust which can 'float' across the heavier,
semi-molten rock below; continental plates are less dense, but thicker than oceanic plates
Volcano - Answer✔✔-An opening in the Earth's crust from which lava, ash and gases erupt
Economic Impact - Answer✔✔-The effect of an event on the wealth of an area or community
Environmental Impact - Answer✔✔-The effect of an event on the landscape and ecology of the
surrounding area
Extreme Weather - Answer✔✔-This is when a weather event is significantly different from the average or
usual weather pattern, and is especially severe or unseasonal; this may take place over one day or a
period of time
Global Atmospheric Circulation - Answer✔✔-The worldwide system of winds, which transports heat
from tropical to polar latitudes; in each hemisphere, air also circulates through the entire depth of the
troposphere which extends up to 15km
Management Strategies - Answer✔✔-Techniques of controlling, responding to or dealing with an event
Protection - Answer✔✔-Actions taken before a hazard strikes to reduce its impact, such as educating
people or improving building design
Secondary Effects - Answer✔✔-The after-effects that occur as indirect impacts of a natural event,
sometimes on a longer timescale, for instance impact on access to potable water can lead to spread of
disease
Social Impact - Answer✔✔-The effect of an event on the lives of people or community
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AQA GCSE Geography Glossary Exam
Study Guide
PAPER 1 - SECTION A : CHALLENGE OF NATURAL HAZARDS - TECTONICS AND WEATHER - Answer✔✔-
PAPER 1 - SECTION A : CHALLENGE OF NATURAL HAZARDS - TECTONICS AND WEATHER
LIC - Answer✔✔-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 - Answer✔✔-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 - Answer✔✔-The probability or chance that a natural hazard may take place
Natural Hazard - Answer✔✔-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 - Answer✔✔-Tectonic plate margin where two tectonic plates slide past each
other
Constructive Plate Margin - Answer✔✔-Tectonic plate margin where rising magma adds new material to
plates that are diverging or moving apart
Destructive Plate Margin - Answer✔✔-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
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Earthquake - Answer✔✔-A sudden or violent movement within the Earth's crust followed by a series of
shocks
Immediate Responses - Answer✔✔-The reaction of people as the disaster happens and in the immediate
aftermath
Long-Term Responses - Answer✔✔-Later reactions that occur within the weeks, months and years after
the event
Monitoring - Answer✔✔-Recording physical changes, such as earthquake tremors around a volcano, to
help forecast when and where a natural hazard might strike
Plate Margin - Answer✔✔-The margin or boundary between two tectonic plates
Planning - Answer✔✔-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 - Answer✔✔-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
Primary Effects - Answer✔✔-The initial impact of a natural event on people and property, caused directly
by it, for instance the ground buildings collapsing following an earthquake
Tectonic Hazard - Answer✔✔-A natural hazard caused by movement of tectonic plates (including
volcanoes and earthquakes)
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Tectonic Plate - Answer✔✔-A rigid segment of the Earth's crust which can 'float' across the heavier,
semi-molten rock below; continental plates are less dense, but thicker than oceanic plates
Volcano - Answer✔✔-An opening in the Earth's crust from which lava, ash and gases erupt
Economic Impact - Answer✔✔-The effect of an event on the wealth of an area or community
Environmental Impact - Answer✔✔-The effect of an event on the landscape and ecology of the
surrounding area
Extreme Weather - Answer✔✔-This is when a weather event is significantly different from the average or
usual weather pattern, and is especially severe or unseasonal; this may take place over one day or a
period of time
Global Atmospheric Circulation - Answer✔✔-The worldwide system of winds, which transports heat
from tropical to polar latitudes; in each hemisphere, air also circulates through the entire depth of the
troposphere which extends up to 15km
Management Strategies - Answer✔✔-Techniques of controlling, responding to or dealing with an event
Protection - Answer✔✔-Actions taken before a hazard strikes to reduce its impact, such as educating
people or improving building design
Secondary Effects - Answer✔✔-The after-effects that occur as indirect impacts of a natural event,
sometimes on a longer timescale, for instance impact on access to potable water can lead to spread of
disease
Social Impact - Answer✔✔-The effect of an event on the lives of people or community
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