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GCSE PAPER 1 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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Natural /
/Hazard //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔A /
/natural /
/hazard /
/is //
a/
/natural /
/process /
/which /
/could //cause //death, //injury //or //disruption //to //humans, //or //destroy //proprty //or //posesions.
Natural //disaster //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔A //natural //hzard //that //has //actualy //happened
Geological //hazards //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Caused //by //kand //and //tectonic //processes
Meteorological //hazards //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Caused //by //weather //and //climate
Factors /
/affecting /
/hazard /
/risk //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Urbanisation, //poverty, //development, //climate //change
Tectonic //plates //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Slabs //of //the //Earth's //crust
,Continental //crust //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔thicker //and //less //dense
Oceanic //crust //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔thinner //and //more //dense
Tectonic /
/plate /
/movement //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔caused //by //convection //currents //underneath //the //Earth's //crust
Destructive /
/plate //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Two //plates //moving //towards //one //another, //oceanic //plate
//subducts /
/under /
/continental //plate //and //friction //causes //melting //of //oceanic //plate, //triggers //earthquake
Constructive /
/plates //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Two /
/plates /
/move /
/apart, /
/magma /
/forces //way //along //gap //and //causes //earthquake, //erupted //lava //cools //and //forms //volcano
Conservative /
/plate //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Two /
/plates //moving //alongside, //friction //can //send //shockwaves //causing //earthquakes
,Earthquake //causes //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔two //plates //'jerking' //past //each //other
the //focus //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //point //in //the //Earth //the //earthquake //starts
Epicentre //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //point //on //the //Earth' //surface //straight //above //the //focus
Where /
/are /
/volcanoes /
/found //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔At //destructive //and //constructive //plate //marhgins
Where /
/are //earthquakes //found //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔At //all //three //types //of //plate //margin
Earthquake //Primary //effects //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔buildings //and //bridges //collapse //
people //are //injured //or //killed //
Roads //are //destroyed
Earthquake //Secondary //effects //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Can //trigger //landslides, //tsunamis
//= //destruction //
// homeless //can //die //from //the //cold
Leaking //gas //can //start //fires
Earthquake /
/Immediate /
/responses //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Rescue //people //trapped //by //collapsed //buildings //and //treat //injured //people
, Recover //dead //bodies //to //prevent //spread //of //disease //
Foreign /
/governments /
/or /
/charities /
/may /
/send //aid //workers, //supplies //, //equipment //or //financial //donations //to //the //areas //affected
Earthquake //Long //term //responses //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Re-
house //people //who //have //lost //their //homes
Repair //or //rebuild //damaged //buildings, //roads, //railways //and //bridges.
Reconnect //broken //electricity, //water, //gas, //communication //connections
Volcanoes /
/Primary /
/effects //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Buildings //and //roads //are //destroyed //by //lava //flows //and //pyroclastic //flows. //
Buildings //may //also //collapse //if //enough //ash //falls //onto //them.
People //& //animals //are //injured/killed //by //pyroclastic //flows, //lava,falling //rocks
Volcanoes /
/Secondary /
/effects //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Mudflows //form //when //volcanic //material //is //mixed //with
//water //and //landslides //cause //destruction, //death //& //injury.
Tourism /
/can /
/be //disrupted //straight //after //and //the //eruption //- //but //often //it //can //increase //afterwards //with
//tourists //interested //in //seeing //volcanoes
Ash //makes //fields //more //fertile //once //it's //broken //down