Hazardous Environments Key Words

Key Words

3.1: Different Types of Hazard

• Hazard: An event which threatens the well-being of people and their property

• Natural Events: Something happening in the physical environment, such as a storm, volcanic eruption or earthquake

3.2 Tropical Cyclones

• Coriolis force: the force created by the Earth’s rotation that deflects any object moving at the Earth’s surface

3.3 Volcanic Eruptions and Earthquakes

• Plate movements: Mainly the coming together and the moving apart of tectonic plates

• Tectonic plates:  A rigid segment of the Earth's crust which can ‘float’ across the heavier,semi-molten rocks below

• Pyroclastic flows: An eruption of extremely hot gas, ash and rocks during a…