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What boundary movement is shown here?

Divergent/Constructive

How much continental drift is there each year?

2-5 cm a year

Earthquakes and Volcanoes are often found along ____________.

Plate Boundaries/Fault Lines

What layer of the earth is the most dense?

Inner Core

What are the 3 broad categories of Natural Hazards?

Hydrological, Tectonic-Plate Based, Meteorological

Roughly, the crust varies in its thickness from __________ kilometres.

5-70 km

Name the 4 layers of the earth.

Inner and Outer Core, Mantle, and Crust

What plate boundary created Mt. Everest?

Convergent

What boundary movement is shown here?

Convergent/Collision

What's shown here?

Pangea

Name 3 meteorological natural hazards.

Tornado, Hurricane, Cyclone, Typhoon, Blizzard, Avalanche

What boundary movement is shown here?

Transform/Conservative

In order to measure the magnitude of an earthquake, the instrument used is a _______________.

Seismograph

The core is mostly made of ____________

Iron

Difference between Natural Events and Natural Hazards?

Potential impact on humans and our infrastructure

82% of the world's volume is taken up by the _______________.

Mantle

Name the 2 ways that continental and Oceanic crust are different.

Density, Age, Thickness

Beyond the continents, what's shown in this diagram?

Plate Boundaries

What are 3 tectonic-plate based Natural Hazards?

Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Volcanoes

What's the mantle mostly made out of?

Silicate Rocks

The highest measure given on the Richter Scale is ____.

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