AQA GCSE Geography Paper 1 Questions & Answers | Physical Geography Exam Prep

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Geography AQA GCSE PAPER 1
Questions with Detailed Verified
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Question: Natural Hazard
Answer: A natural hazard is a natural process which could cause death, injury
or disruption to humans, or destroy proprty or posesions.


Question:Natural disaster
Answer: A natural hzard that has actualy happened


Question:Geological hazards
Answer: Caused by kand and tectonic processes


Question:Meteorological hazards
Answer: Caused by weather and climate


Question:Factors affecting hazard risk
Answer: Urbanisation, poverty, development, climate change


Question:Tectonic plates
Answer: Slabs of the Earth's crust


Question:Continental crust
Answer: thicker and less dense

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Question:Oceanic crust
Answer: thinner and more dense


Question:Tectonic plate movement
Answer: caused by convection currents underneath the Earth's crust


Question:Destructive plate
Answer: Two plates moving towards one another, oceanic plate subducts
under continental plate and friction causes melting of oceanic plate, triggers
earthquake


Question:Constructive plates
Answer: Two plates move apart, magma forces way along gap and causes
earthquake, erupted lava cools and forms volcano


Question:Conservative plate
Answer: Two plates moving alongside, friction can send shockwaves causing
earthquakes


Question:Earthquake causes
Answer: two plates 'jerking' past each other


Question:the focus
Answer: the point in the Earth the earthquake starts


Question:Epicentre

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Answer: the point on the Earth' surface straight above the focus


Question:Where are volcanoes found
Answer: At destructive and constructive plate marhgins


Question:Where are earthquakes found
Answer: At all three types of plate margin


Question:Earthquake Primary effects
Answer: buildings and bridges collapse
people are injured or killed
Roads are destroyed


Question:Earthquake Secondary effects
Answer: Can trigger landslides, tsunamis = destruction
homeless can die from the cold
Leaking gas can start fires


Question:Earthquake Immediate responses
Answer: 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


Question:Earthquake Long term responses
Answer: Re-house people who have lost their homes