Hint
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Answer
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Warm air rises, causing ___ pressure
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Low
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Cold air sinks, causing ___ pressure
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High
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There are 6 circulation cells: Polar, ___ and Hadley
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Ferrel
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___ cycles: Variations in Earth's orbit
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Milankovitch
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The amount of radiation the Sun gives out varies over a ___ year cycle
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11
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Clouds of ash dust from ___ block out the Sun creating a cooling effect
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Volcanoes
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The cell closest to the north and south poles
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Polar
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The cell closest to the equator
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Hadley
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The effect caused by the Earth's rotation
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Coriolis
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The fast winds found between two cells
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jet stream
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The natural process keeping Earth warm
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greenhouse effect
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Increasing population means more food is needed so ___ is increased
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Farming
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Cars are becoming more affordable as well as flying so ___ uses more energy
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Transport
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Most _____ is produced by burning fossil fuels, producing greenhouse gases
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Energy
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People have more disposable income so demand for consumer goods leads to _____ growth
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industrial
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Evidence for natural climate change:
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Ice cores
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Historical sources
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Tree rings
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Evidence for natural climate change: Rising ___ levels
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sea
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_____ ice caps
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melting
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More frequent and _______ weather events
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extreme
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Air in the eye of a tropical cyclone is always _____
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sinking
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Tropical cyclones generally move ____
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west
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Water must be _____ degrees celsius
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26.5
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They must be at least _ degrees north or south of the equator for the Coriolis effect to take effect
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5
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Physical hazard of tropical cyclones: strong ___ could cause trees to fall over or debris to go everywhere
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winds
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Weather that causes flooding and damage to property
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Rain
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___ ___ could contaminate water because of high water levels
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storm surges
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Salt water on land, contamination, damage to farming and tourism - effects of ___
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flooding
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When soil is saturated after intense rainfall it causes ___
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landslides
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The ability, or lack thereof, to anticipate, cope with, resist, and recover from a hazard
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vulnerability
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Physical vulnerabilities: low _____ means that settlements are more vulnerable to storm surges
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relief
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Social vulnerabilities: Areas of poverty are more vulnerable as housing is less well built so less _____ to natural disasters
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resistant
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People may not be ______ as to what they should do in the event of a disaster
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educated
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The general population may be ____, making it harder to evacuate them
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older
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Economic vulnerabilities: Richer countries have better access to accurate weather ___ and ___ data to know how the hazard might affect the country
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predictions modelling
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Preparation: Atmospheric ______: Areas of low ______ are likely to be a source for a storm. Buoys can be used to measure that in advance
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pressure
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_______: TV, radio, social media are used to update people
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communication
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Satellite tracking and _____ technology track the approach of a tropical storm
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radar
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Computer programs can be used to estimate likely paths of a storm
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modelling
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Rescuers search for trapped people, provide f___ and w_____.
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food water
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Afterwards, you must repair and rebuild ______
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infrastructure
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______ currents: where heat moves through the Earth's mantle
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convection
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Plate boundary where plates move apart e.g. Eurasian and North American plates
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divergent
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Plate boundary where plates move together e.g. Philippines and Eurasian plates
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convergent
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Plate boundary where plates slide past each other
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conservative
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Oceanic plates are _____ beneath continental plates because they are denser
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subducted
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_______ volcanoes are cone shaped and form on destructive plate boundaries
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composite
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These volcanoes produce ______ lava which is viscous and has high silica content
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andesitic
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Eruptions are infrequent but ______
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violent
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_______ volcanoes are found on constructive plate boundaries or hotspots
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shield
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They produce thin, runny lava with a low silica content called _____ lava
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basaltic
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They also have a ____ base and _____ slopes
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wide gentle
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A ______ volcano is where a plume of superheated rock rises up and melts the lithosphere.
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hotspot
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Factors affecting the scale of a hazard: How shallow the _____ is
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focus
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How close the ______ is to a settlement
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epicentre
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_______ density: more ____ dense areas can suffer more damage
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Population
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_____ of day: more casualties if people are inside
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time
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How prepared people are: are they educated, are ______ engineered to withstand and resist earthquake
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buildings
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_______ form because of underwater earthquakes
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Tsunamis
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So a ______ of water is lifted up
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column
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_______ pulls the water down and it begins to fan out
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gravity
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The 2 case studies for earthquakes: Emerging country _____, Developed country____
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Haiti Tohoku
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Tropical cyclones: emerging______ developed______
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Philippines USA
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The term that describes how advanced a country is compared to others
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development
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Development can be by social, economic, and _____ metrics
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political
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Gross _____ product (GDP) is the total value of goods and services produced in a country in one year
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domestic
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GNI includes wealth created ______ of the country by TNCs
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outside
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HDI puts together income, life ______, years in ______, and forms a compound measure between 0 and 1 that shows how socially developed a country is
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expectancy education
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____ coefficient measures distribution of income
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Gini
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Corruptions ______ index grades countries from highly corrupt(0) to not corrupt(100)
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perceptions
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Number of women who die from pregnancy per year per 100 000 is the ___ ___ ___
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Maternal mortality rate
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Average number of children born to each women in a country at any point in time
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fertility rate
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Number of births per 1000 per year
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birth rate
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Number of babies that die before their first birthday per 1000
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Infant mortality rate
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